"VACCINE, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you, please don't hesitate," she sang to the tune of her 1973 hit. "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, because once you're dead, then that's a bit too late."
In the short video posted to social media, the 75-year-old singer gets a shot of Moderna's vaccine, the development of which she helped fund.
"I am old enough to get it (vaccine) and I am smart enough to get it.... I wanted to tell everybody that I think you should get out there and get it too," she said.
Revered by people from a variety of backgrounds for decades, Parton, a longtime philanthropist, has been popping up in the news of late, especially after donating US$1 million (RM4 million) to Vanderbilt University.
Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine. @VUMChealth pic.twitter.com/JMPQb6zJWd
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) March 2, 2021
The funds went towards developing Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.
Parton joins other US celebrities who have publicly supported the vaccine like actors Tom Hanks and Sean Penn. – AFP, March 4, 2021
