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Two socks. The left is placed over the right. Both are bright blue, with black toes and heels, with repeating decoration of a red virus and a blue syringe facing towards it.

Vaccination socks

Dr Nick Coatsworth, Canberra Hospital’s Executive Director, gave all his healthcare staff involved in administering the first COVID-19 Pfizer vaccinations in Canberra a pair of socks featuring a virus + vaccine decoration. Dr Coatsworth has donated his own pair to the National Museum of Australia’s developing COVID-19 collections.

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