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DJ Jo Whiley says her sister ‘couldn’t be more cruel’ offered her a jab after she was fighting for her life
Radio host Jo Whiley has said she “couldn’t be more cruel” to have her sister, who has learning disabilities and diabetes, been offered the vaccine after she was already “fighting for her life” with COVID.
The 55-year-old announcer said it has been “the worst week of our lives” after her sister, Frances, 53, has fallen seriously ill since she tested positive after an outbreak at her Northamptonshire nursing home, and has been difficult to treat. due to its complex needs.
Whiley has previously wondered why he was offered the vaccine earlier than his vulnerable sister.
She told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show: “I have no idea why they offered me the vaccine and my sister didn’t, it felt like the cruelest twist in the world because I’ve been asking for her, wanting her to have the vaccine. for a year to be honest with you, to be protected.
“So for me to suddenly get a call to tell me that I had the vaccine, I felt terribly unfair and in fact, last night they called her for her vaccine, my mother received a message to say that she could get the vaccine but it is too late, he’s fighting for his life in the hospital.
“It couldn’t be more cruel.”
Meanwhile, he said it is particularly difficult to treat people with complex needs because they often do not understand what is happening and cannot communicate.
She said that Frances was so scared that she didn’t allow the medical staff to give her oxygen, adding: “That’s why her oxygen levels plummeted, that’s why she ended up fighting for her life, because you couldn’t do the most basic and simple thing. What would you do to try to get someone through COVID, and we were at the end of our trial. “
She continued: “The medical professionals, who were doing an amazing job, they just aren’t equipped because everything is so new, they don’t know how people with a learning disability will react in this situation, so it makes so much sense to vaccinate them as much as possible. fast as possible.
“Remove that problem, remove the burden on the NHS, just prevent these people from entering the hospital, who are absolutely petrified, and often unable to communicate.”
Photo: Twitter / Jo Whiley
