(CNN Business) Apple on Tuesday unveiled a small change to its syringe emoji that removes the drops of blood. Eliminating the blood from the syringe emoji makes it more appropriate to represent Covid-19 vaccination, said Jeremy Burge, the chief emoji officer of Emojipedia, an online emoji dictionary. (He also said the change doesn't prevent the emoji from being used to represent donating blood.) The move to make the emoji less graphic comes amid the largest vaccine rollout in US history. "Removing the blood makes this emoji more versatile, and also might remove any misconception that vaccination involves blood," Burge told CNN Business.

Source: CNN February 17, 2021 00:00 UTC