As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues in Saskatchewan, some people are sharing their vaccine joy on social media.

Pictures of parents getting the vaccine and nurses excited to be giving it are showing up in people's feeds.

Gail Kizlyk, a nurse in Saskatoon, said she is over the moon to be able to provide the vaccine to others.

"Going and giving the vaccines to people just felt amazing," she said.

"I came [home] at the end of the day and just felt energized to be able to be contributing to giving the vaccine."

Kizlyk is usually a neonatal intensive care unit nurse, but had time to be trained in vaccine delivery. She said she joked to her patients that her usual patients — babies — cry a lot more when they get their needles.

People getting their vaccine "were happy to see people and talk to people. It's been hard on them having to isolate, as it's been on all of us ... everybody was so happy and grateful."

But it's not all sunshine and rainbows for everyone. In a recent CBC article, experts debated the value of vaccine selfies. Some said it was an insensitive reminder to those in the medical community — particularly in rural areas — that they had not yet received the shot, while some saw it as normalizing the experience.

For Kizlyk, the selfies and social media posts are just part of the awareness campaign.

"[It's] similar to elections. You get out there and you get on social media," she said.

"The root behind vaccination is we need herd immunity ... The intention is not to make people feel bad at all, it's to encourage others. 'Hey, I got the vaccine, you should too.'"