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Jan 2022
23m 57s

Coronavirus: Family arguments

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Health professionals will tell you that Covid-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives across the globe yet some people continue to doubt their safety and refuse to get a jab. These differences of opinion are being played out within families: some refuse to get a jab, while others are vaccinated.

An American in Florida and a French citizen in Ireland share the difficulties they have encountered at home with host James Reynolds.

We bring them together to hear how family gatherings can become fraught.

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