COVID VACCINE BBC NEWS

[loskie]

Why when showing someone getting a covid vaccine on the BBC news last night did the BBC blurr out(like they do with people's faces sometimes) the part of the film that shows the needle being inserted/the injection site?

I cannot for a minute think anyone would find it offensive or gory.

Footnote: This morning the injection was just shown no fuzzing!

Edited by loskie on Friday 22 January 06:42

[jonnywishbone.]

I don’t know the reason why but I suspect it’s because trypanophobia is fairly common and just seeing a needle being injected into someone else can trigger the vasovagal reflex in an individual who is susceptible. In other words, seeing it might cause an unsuspecting needle-phobe casually watching the news to faint.

[Knoxville2410]

I can answer this.

I have a fear of needles - it's nothing to do with the "pain" before anyone suggests (everyone always says "it doesn't even hurt!"). It's a deep psychological phobia - seeing that would bring me close to passing out

Even thinking about it makes me clam up. Probably get some sort of treatment for it at some point.

[randlemarcus]

Knoxville2410 said:

Probably get some sort of treatment for it at some point.

I see what you did there

[loskie]

Thanks for the replies, I hadn't thought of that. I do find the whole phobia of needles thing a bit odd to be honest. Maybe I should just think myself lucky.

I spend a lot of time injecting and blood sampling farm animals so it comes as second nature.

Edited by loskie on Friday 22 January 07:40

[Knoxville2410]

loskie said:

Thanks for the replies, I hadn't thought of that. I do find the whole phobia of needles thing a bit odd to be honest. Maybe I should just think myself lucky.

Yeah it's really odd and frustrating. No idea where it came from but had it all my life.

[dave1409]

I have type 1 diabetes and I inject myself with insulin usually four times a day, and do a finger-prick blood glucose test four to eight times a day. I still have to look away when someone is being injected on TV.

[loskie]

Thanks PH pedants for moving my post.

[Shaw Tarse]

loskie said:

Thanks PH pedants for moving my post.

Wasn't me but you put it in wrong place.

[MagicalTrevor]

Knoxville2410 said:

Yeah it's really odd and frustrating. No idea where it came from but had it all my life.

I have the same issue with intravenous injections but I put this down the previous botched attempts to get blood samples. My veins are apparently difficult to find so it’s the sensation from ‘searching’ for the vein that makes me feel queasy. I get very anxious if I know I need a blood test.

I tried EMLA cream to numb the are but got much better results from Ametop. Have you tried either of those?

[phil4]

Since there are thousands of different phobias, and in this day and age of pandering to everyone's sensitivities, where do they draw the line?

[markymarkthree]

Perhaps we need another warning added to all the other warnings before we watch stuff.
We really are turning into a bunch of wet wipes.

[voyds9]

loskie said:

Why when showing someone getting a covid vaccine on the BBC news last night did the BBC blurr out(like they do with people's faces sometimes) the part of the film that shows the needle being inserted/the injection site?

I cannot for a minute think anyone would find it offensive or gory.

Footnote: This morning the injection was just shown no fuzzing!

Edited by loskie on Friday 22 January 06:42

Isn't it to do (misguidedly) with BBC policy on drug taking.

Before someone pointed out it isn't drug taking

[Byker28i]

You can always watch Arnie get his

Arnold Schwarzenegger has had his first dose of coronavirus vaccine - and celebrated the moment by slipping in two lines from his film career.

The 73-year-old posted a Twitter video of himself getting a shot in his right bicep at the drive-through site at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

"Today was a good day," he wrote. "I have never been happier to wait in a line. If you're eligible, join me and sign up to get your vaccine."

He added: "Come with me if you want to live!" - a widely known catchphrase from the Terminator franchise.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-arnold-schwarz...

[Gary29]

Knoxville2410 said:

I can answer this.

I have a fear of needles - it's nothing to do with the "pain" before anyone suggests (everyone always says "it doesn't even hurt!"). It's a deep psychological phobia - seeing that would bring me close to passing out

Even thinking about it makes me clam up. Probably get some sort of treatment for it at some point.

I heard you can get a jab to cure that now.

[loskie]

I would think by hiding these things it possibly would further stigmatise them and exacerbate phobias rather than showing it as something everyday, painless and normal.

Let's face is most phobias are completely irrational and this I think is one of them.

Wonder how many of these phobics have their ears pierced etc.

[944 Man]

loskie said:

Thanks for the replies, I hadn't thought of that. I do find the whole phobia of needles thing a bit odd to be honest

It is, in that people know that it doesnt hurt, and if it does, it is mildly unpleasant at worst. This is the thing with a phobia though; it is an irrational fear.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Byker28i said:

Arnold Schwarzenegger has had his first dose of coronavirus vaccine - and celebrated the moment by slipping in two lines

In broad daylight?

Byker28i said:

from his film career.

Damn phone rang before I got to the end of that sentence

[rxe]

dave1409 said:

I have type 1 diabetes and I inject myself with insulin usually four times a day, and do a finger-prick blood glucose test four to eight times a day. I still have to look away when someone is being injected on TV.

Trainspotting was a horror film for me, I was behind the sofa for most of it. I got a lot of injections as a kid, most done by piss poor GPS looking for veins, Hated it. Getting a blood test from someone who really knows how to do it is painless.

Still don’t really understand why they blur it out - or really why they have to show it every night in detail. We know the score, the fact that people are being vaccinated is not news, the only news is the number.

Edited by rxe on Friday 22 January 08:43

[Getragdogleg]

Good, should be law to blur it out.

Absolutely hate needles to the extent that I get all my dental work done without anaesthetic.