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

<div>RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey checked in with pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Live Pharmacy in Glasgow to talk about whether the </div> <div>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.</div> <div>A reminder of what Long Covid is and how it might affect some people who have the condition.</div> <div>What an oximeter is and how it can be used to help people who have Coronavirus.</div> <div>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.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>To get in touch with Elizabeth Roddick email  Elizabeth.r@newlifepharmacy.co.uk or for more information visit <a href="https://newlifepharmacy.co.uk">https://newlifepharmacy.co.uk</a>.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>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.</div> <div><br> </div>