The Meridian Podcast

Vaccine hesitancy & how Covid has improved disabled accessibility

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This week, Ollie and Eve look into two specific aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic and how it has affected marginalised groups in society. 


They are joined by Izzie Jani-Friend (@ijanifriend) to discuss how work and socialising being moved online during the pandemic has been of real benefit to many disabled people, and how elements of this can continue post-Covid. 


Zesha Saleem (@zeshasaleem) also joins the podcast to discuss vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minority groups: why it persists and how it can be combatted. 

Links to articles by Zesha and Izzie:

  • Zesha's Times article on the race to reach vaccine hesitants before anti-vaxxers  
  • Zesha's gal-dem article on the susceptibility of PoC communities to conspiracies 
  • Zesha's VICE article on vaccine conspiracy theorists 


    • Izzie's VICE article about discrimination against disabled people in the workplace
    • Izzie's Independent article about shielding since March 2020


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