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S1 Ep663: Lockdowns, Long Covid and Should We Be Worried About the Stories Around the AstraZeneca Vaccine?


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RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey checked in with pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Live Pharmacy in Glasgow to talk about whether the 
lifting of lockdown restrictions have had a noticeable effect in the number of respiratory infections, an outline of the differences between a cold and a flu and the flu and Coronavirus.
A reminder of what Long Covid is and how it might affect some people who have the condition.
What an oximeter is and how it can be used to help people who have Coronavirus.
And finally, with all the reports in the news around the AstraZeneca vaccine should we be worried at all if we are offered the vaccine.


To get in touch with Elizabeth Roddick email  [email protected] or for more information visit https://newlifepharmacy.co.uk.

Image:  Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.

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