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Woman's Hour

Bette Davis, Vaccines, Andrew Cuomo, Disability and Dating

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Bette Davis was one of the biggest names in Hollywood, nominated for ten Oscars and her extraordinary career spanned almost sixty years. An outspoken and dedicated actress, she created some of the most compelling characters in cinema history. As the BFI launches a whole season dedicated to her this month, we hear about her life and legacy.

The new NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard has urged people aged 18-30 to come forward and be vaccinated. 3 million under 30s have yet to be jabbed, and one in five people currently in hospital in England with Covid are in the 18-30 category. Professor Susan Michie tells us what can be done to address young adults concerns.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political career hangs in the balance, as the pressure for him to resign mounts. He's been accused of sexual misconduct by 11 women and an independent report corroborates the stories. If he goes, the first female New York Governor is likely to be elected. Cuomo denies the allegations and has shown no willingness stand down over them. Stephanie Stark worked in his office, and has separately done research on how sexual harassment accusations impacts voters. Steven Erlanger is from the New York Times.

Love Island is one of the biggest reality TV shows in the UK. And this season, one contestant has become the first disabled person to feature on the programme. Emma speaks to Joy Addo, who has a podcast where she talks about her life as a blind, single mum, and Kelly Gordon, the Disability and Inclusion Lead at sex toy company Hot Octopuss, to discuss the realities of dating with a disability.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Frankie Tobi

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.4

Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.0

Hello and welcome to the programme.

0:11.8

Speaking for the first time since she took over as the Chief of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard

0:16.6

today has urged young people, which for this purpose means people age roughly 18 to 30

0:22.2

to come forward and be jammed.

0:24.6

This is because 3 million under 30s have yet to be jammed.

0:29.1

And one in five people currently in hospital in England with COVID are in the 18 to 30 category.

0:34.8

To take that in, 3 million under 30s have yet to be jammed.

0:39.3

But she's also urged anyone who knows anyone in this age group who hasn't been vaccinated

0:43.8

to act.

0:44.8

She says, now is the time.

0:47.8

To be clear, I'm not talking about the news to jab 16 and 17 year olds.

0:52.2

That's a totally different conversation that's also raging across the country after yesterday's news.

0:57.5

And I'm not talking about those younger people who want to get their second jabs and

1:01.0

can't do so yet, perhaps they're desperate to get away and be allowed to travel.

1:05.0

I'm talking about the 3 million under 30s who have yet to be jabbed at all.

1:10.5

And now the call has come from the new head of NHS England.

1:14.6

For you, if you know someone in that category to act or if you are someone in that age category

1:19.4

to go and be jabbed, my question to you today is how best to make the case.

1:25.4

How best to say to somebody who does not or will not be jabbed that they should be.

1:31.4

Of course, there can be a whole other debate about whether you think it's anyone else's role to do that.

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