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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
I'm just popping in for a minute here because today you're going to hear from our friends over at NPR science podcast Shortwave.
They did this great episode recently about shots, the kind you get at the doctor's office.
They're scary for a lot of people, especially for kids.
But there are things your doctor's office can do and things you can ask for to make it easier.
Heres the episode.
Hey, short waivers.
Im Tom Dreisbach.
Now, normally, Im an investigative reporter here at NPR News, digging into secrets and things no one knows about.
But today, Im here to talk about something almost all of us have gone through at one point in our going to the doctor's office and getting your shots.
Now, for a lot of folks, its not a big problem.
You know what the nurses sometimes say, its like a little pinch and youre done.
And for little kids, do they even remember the pain anyway?
Well, Stefan Friedrich stoff says, yeah, he remembers.
Stefan grew up in Germany, and he remembers this one time when he was nine years old, he had to go to the doctor for an infected nail.
Two surgeons were holding it down, and I was screaming at the top of my head when the one surgeon said to the other, do you think he can feel any pain?
And the guy said no, and may they burn in hell.
That happened more than 40 years ago.
But that traumatic doctor visit has really stuck with him.