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Inside Health: Still Shielding; Childhood Vaccinations; Antibiotic Use

Still Shielding; Childhood Vaccinations; Antibiotic Use

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Still Shielding; Childhood Vaccinations; Antibiotic Use

951 days shielding and counting.  Shannon describes life apart from her husband and teenage daughter because her compromised immune system means she can't risk catching Covid-19.

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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