Coronavirus: Vaccinations and hospitals

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BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The United States continues to record some of the highest infection and death rates in the world due to Covid-19. Host Nuala McGovern brings together two hospital nurses in Florida. They share the heartbreak and exhaustion of treating severely ill and dying patients, often young, who they say could have avoided hospital completely by getting vaccinated. Two doctors working in Delhi and Mumbai, say vaccination numbers are soaring. But they worry that festivals and other celebrations may lead to another surge of the disease. They are also concerned the real legacy of coronavirus in India may be its impact on mental health and the education of children in poorer communities. We also hear from teachers in India and the Philippines.

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Douset from the BBC World Service. I've been reporting from Afghanistan for more than 30 years.
0:07.1	The Americans are now out, the Taliban in. How did we get here? What happens next? Our podcast, A Wish for Afghanistan, may be able to help.
0:17.0	Search for A Wish for Afghanistan, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Hello, I'm Nula McGavran on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS. Conversations on Coronavirus, vaccinations and hospitals.
0:35.0	As coronavirus continues to spread around parts of the world, we hear from medical
0:45.1	professionals in the US and India and in particular the impact of vaccinations or more
0:50.8	precisely where people do not have the jab.
0:54.0	Also from India we hear about the potential long-term effect of the pandemic on school students.
0:59.0	There have been kids just dropping out of school and will probably never go back to school.
1:05.2	This one and a half year has just done so much damage.
1:09.9	The United States continues to record some of the highest infection and death rates in the world due to COVID-19 as the Delta variant spreads.
1:19.0	Records show there have been more than 40 million cases in the US since the start of the pandemic and at the
1:24.4	moment around 1900 deaths have been reported most days. Florida has seen its
1:29.7	deadliest wave of the virus since the pandemic began.
1:33.0	Things appear to be improving slightly,
1:35.0	but around 11,000 people are still being hospitalized each day on average.
1:40.0	And this is against the backdrop of reported shortages of nurses and
1:44.2	burnout among hospital staff. My colleague Kupapadi spoke to two nurses in
1:49.6	Florida. Dorothy is an ICU or an intensive care unit nurse and part of the Haitian American
1:55.5	Nurses Association and Marissa is a labor and delivery nurse working with
1:59.4	expectant mothers and is a board member of the country's largest nurses union.
2:04.0	Marissa had just finished a night shift when she spoke to us and described what it was like.
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