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NHS staff create videos in many different languages to discuss the importance of covid vaccination for people with diabetes

@Partha Kar:
To tackle the issues of #Vaccine uptake in those from ethnic minority population,I am joining hands with many colleagues to create a series of videos - specifically for those with #Diabetes First up? @alkapandey08 in Gujarati 🙏🏽Please use and cascade as you can pic.twitter.com/PpAY49lj6l

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  1. DanBC
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    That's a long title, eh? The NHS has a huge, skilled, dedicated workforce. Many of these people speak other languages, and some of them have these as their first language. A small number of staff...

    That's a long title, eh?

    The NHS has a huge, skilled, dedicated workforce. Many of these people speak other languages, and some of them have these as their first language. A small number of staff have created videos that give information about the importance of vaccination for people with diabetes.

    The languages so far include:

    Gujarati
    Malayalam
    Punjabi
    Marathi
    Urdu
    Tamil
    Kannada
    Cantonese
    Yoruba

    There are a number of myths being spread. These are increasing the rates of vaccine hesitancy. These videos aim to reduce that hesitancy in people who are not operating under a conspiracy theory mindset.

    And here's a different version, in Hindi, aimed at NHS and social care staff: https://twitter.com/Prerana_Issar/status/1355510683811643394?s=20

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  2. Greg
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    Somewhat related, there was a recent video made (in English) by a number of British Asian celebrities to address vaccine myths: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55809355 I particularly...

    Somewhat related, there was a recent video made (in English) by a number of British Asian celebrities to address vaccine myths: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55809355

    I particularly liked Romesh Ranganathan's straight to the point: "There's no chip or tracker in it to watch where you go, your phone actually does a much better job of that".

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