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Sarah says government pressure to get vaccinated 'tends to put me off more' Image caption: Sarah says government pressure to get vaccinated 'tends to put me off more'

Sarah Cooper, 27, has not taken up her offer of the Covid vaccine. She says she is not against the vaccine - it's just "not for me".

She tells BBC Scotland News her grandmother - who has the respiratory disease COPD - was gravely ill with Covid, and she understands how severe it can be, but says nothing could persuade her to get the jab.

The mother-of-one, from Paisley, says: "If I was older I might have had a different view: I don't get the flu jab every year. I have been lucky enough not to have Covid but other family members have.

"My partner and all my family have had the vaccine. But I have given it a lot of thought and feel the government is putting a lot of pressure on getting it - and that tends to put me off more."

She adds: "I don't think there is any amount of evidence or trials that could persuade me. Everybody's body reacts differently. It's more my fears of something I could get. And they might never reverse any damage it does to my body.

"It's my body and my choice. I just want people to know I have experienced coronavirus,

"I don't believe I am being selfish. I do believe the vaccination will help people, but I just believe it is not right for me."

Yesterday, the new chief executive of NHS England urged young people to get vaccinated, warning those who have not been jabbed could become seriously ill.

Amanda Pritchard said the level of young adults being admitted to hospital in England was four times higher than the peak last winter.