Still Shielding; Childhood Vaccinations; Antibiotic Use
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Can you imagine moving out of the family home and watching your daughter grow up from a distance, all to avoid the threat of Covid? That’s the decision Shannon has taken because the drugs she takes for her lupus leave her immune system weak and vulnerable. She tells us what it’s been like shielding for 951 days (and counting) and we explore whether there are any solutions. Then we see why childhood vaccination rates have been falling for a decade and whether you should follow the health secretary’s example and share your antibiotics.
Producer: Fiona Hill and Gerry Holt
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| 0:51.7 | Now, COVID is obviously doing the rounds somewhere like this, but I'll be honest to me, |
| 0:57.0 | a packed carriage feels pretty safe and normal to be now. |
| 1:01.0 | But let's not forget that somewhere like this is a place of fear for some people. |
| 1:06.0 | I mean, the difference is all immunisation, isn't it? |
| 1:08.0 | I mean, I've had two AstraZeneca's, a Pfizer and a Moderna vaccine now, |
| 1:11.6 | and feel quite well protected. |
| 1:13.6 | But life is very different for those with weakened immune systems. |
| 1:17.6 | They're more vulnerable to COVID in the first place, |
| 1:20.6 | and vaccines haven't worked as well for them. |
| 1:26.6 | So I want you to meet Shannon. |
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