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Apple revamps syringe emoji for Covid vaccines – BBC News
The syringe icon used to be for blood donation – but Apple is now removing the blood drops.
Apple is changing its syringe emoji to remove the dripping blood, as it becomes widely used to talk about the Covid-19 vaccine.
Apple’s new version has nothing inside the needle.
“This makes the emoji more versatile when used to describe Covid-19 vaccination,” explained Emojipedia, a site that catalogues the icons.
The site reports a surge in the use of the syringe emoji last year to talk about the Covid vaccine.
Emojipedia said that while the syringe was once associated with blood donation, it…
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