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🗓️ 6 March 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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We hear from two US veterans who served during the war in Vietnam about the similarities between their experiences and the trauma experienced by many during the pandemic. Covid vaccines are bringing renewed hope across the world when it comes to Covid-19 but thousands of people are continuing to die from the disease on a daily basis. The emotional toll of losing loved ones is being felt by so many around the world. Three people struggling with grief - from Bangladesh, Sweden and the United States - share their experiences.
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0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Nula McGovern on the BBC World Service, and this is BBC OS conversations, |
0:07.0 | War and COVID. |
0:12.0 | Some people have likened the pandemic to being at war. |
0:17.0 | So we bring together two people who serves during the Vietnam conflict |
0:21.0 | to share their experiences and the similarities to today. |
0:26.2 | There was the loss of the humanity that was laid at their hands. |
0:30.5 | They had no control over the pain of seeing these individuals who were losing their lives |
0:37.8 | slipping away and their families were not with them. |
0:49.0 | Vaccines are bringing renewed hope across the world when it comes to COVID-19. But at the same time in some countries, |
0:52.0 | thousands of people are continuing to die from the disease on a daily |
0:56.1 | basis. Each death, as we know so well from conversations on this program, is more than a statistic. Each death leaves behind a |
1:06.3 | loved one and an absence. An absence that many people are finding difficult to |
1:12.0 | come to terms with during these extraordinary circumstances. |
1:17.0 | And throughout this past year, health professionals have often discussed their fears for society after the pandemic, primarily warning about the |
1:25.6 | toll it's taking on our collective mental health. |
1:30.1 | We'll shortly be hearing an insight into emotional trauma from a nurse and soldier in the Vietnam War. |
1:36.2 | But first we're going to hear from three people who are struggling to deal with the loss of their loved ones to COVID. |
1:43.0 | And I should say at this point that their stories are understandably, incredibly sad and poignant. |
1:50.0 | They are as far in Dhaka, Bangladesh, whose father died early last year. |
1:55.4 | Lily in Stockholm, Sweden, who lost her father while he was in a care home. |
1:59.8 | And Julie, who lives near Cleveland, Ohio in the United States and Julie lost her husband |
2:05.4 | Lewis just a few months ago. |
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