THIIIRD Waves - Dispelling Covid-19 Vaccine Myths w/ Dr Rahma Elmahdi, Anita Kaur Thind, Dr Vanessa Apea

With the uptake of the vaccines being low among the black and other racialised communities in the UK, we ask the question why? Shining light on some of the historical medical misgivings and modern healthcare inequalities which have set the stage for hesitancy, we take a deeper look at the situation of the present. We find answers to legitimate concerns like - how has the vaccine been produced so quickly? Were there people of colour included in the trials? What is the link between the vaccine and fertility? What’s in the covid vaccines and how do they work? What are the side affects?

Our guests are Dr Rahma Elmahdi a researcher and doctor, passionate about decolonising medicine, who worked on Covid wards in the UK, Anita Kaur Thind the founder of The Pretty Parcel, and a young person speaking up about the realities of living with Long Covid, and Dr Vanessa Apea, a sexual health consultant, and an advocate for reducing inequalities in healthcare, particularly for marginalised communities along the intersections of race and gender.

Tracks

Jon Z - La Parranda
Khruangbin - Leon Bridges
CSideSay3 - Waste Time (Jungle Remix)
Tiana Major9 - Think About You
Yaw Dwene Adowa Group - Bra Behwe Wo Mma

Resources

Here are some excellent places to read more on the topic, for a full list of resources that informed this episode feel free to reach out to us. 
https://royalsociety.org/
https://wellcome.org/
https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/covid-19-vaccines

Follow the guests and hosts
twitter: @RahmaElmahdi
ig: @theprettyparcel
ig: @drvanessaapea
ig: @roena
ig: @tryb_official
ig: @dhsun

Pitch to the show – info@thiiirdmagazine.co.uk

This show was co-produced by Rhona Ezuma & Daniela Hornskov Sun