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What is it?
A Shot In The Arm is home to a podcast, hosted by Ben Plumley, to explore challenging, and often unexplored, issues in health and human rights - from San Francisco to Soweto, and everywhere in between.
Launched in 2019, A Shot In The Arm aimed to bring greater awareness about the growing threat of infectious disease to all of us.
And then COVID-19 hit. And everyone wanted and needed to know about pandemics preparation.
So we describe and explain the latest issues in COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccines - as well as what the pandemic means for the future health of the planet.
A Shot In the Arm is brought to you by NewsDoc Media and Hunuvat.
Why “A Shot In The Arm?”
Firstly, It’s a reference to the infancy of public health in the aftermath of the second world war. In the jolly, good old days, everybody was supposed to queue in an orderly fashion, and be injected with this or that (whatever the clever boffins were beavering away at). Then, we would send them merrily on their way, never to bother us again. Oh how wrong we were!
There is something sinister about it too. Healthcare so brings to mind needles. There is nothing pleasant about having a thin metal pipette poked through your skin. It is not surprising that we can be squeamish about. Yet, needles can also be seductive, We can use them to get ourselves high, to bring ourselves down – and in many countries, including some states of the USA, we can end the lives of people we decide should not be living.
And finally, there is something invigorating and uplifting about “A Shot In The Arm”. Like a brisk walk, a strong cup of coffee, or a dram of whisky.
Of course, there are many people who will think that “A Pain In The Arse” is more apt, if they think I should open my mouth at all. I confess it is an odd, and not altogether pleasant experience seeing your face and hearing your own voice for forty minutes. But you get over it!