i've been speaking to the actress nina wadia, who's in the video, and she told me everyone has their the vaccine, but the message is that it is safe and it will save lives. everyone has their reasons for deciding one way or the other. what we can do is we can stress the fact that the vaccine is safe and, currently, it is the only way out of this pandemic. it's been trialed on people from all different ethnic backgrounds and there's been no significant negative reactions from anyone from the ethnic backgrounds. the message we want to get out there is that it is safe and it will save lives. so, please, please ignore the nonsense that's out there that says otherwise. if we all band together, we can all look after each other, and the bame community in particular, we are suffering in greater percentages than other communities, and so we need to do this. the trouble is that fake news believers, conspiracy theorists, won't accept that, will they? they'll say, "no, but you've got that wrong. of course you would say that!" and, again, without going into too much scientific detail, presumably,

several british asian celebrities such as adil ray, shobna gulati and nina wadia have joined forces toccine. it's after fake news about the vaccine, particularly in the south asian community, has led to concerns about uptake. let's have a look at a bit of the video they've put together and is on social media. piano music. hello, namaste, sat sri akal, as—asalaamu �*alaykum. this past year has been the most challenging for many of us. we've suffered in unimaginable ways and many of us have lost our loved ones. but we will find our way through this, and we will be united once again with our friends and our families. looking after others - and serving our community is what we do. it's how we've been brought up. it's why we have suchl immense pride when a family member becomes a doctor or a nurse. - there is no chip or tracker in the vaccine to keep watch on where you go, your mobile phone actually does a much betterjob of that. not only will you be saving your life, but you'll be saving other lives too, and there can be no better gift than that. thank you. actress nina wadia who's in the

actress nina wadia who's in the video says everyone has their reasons for deciding if they do or don'tthey are nervous and scared, that is why we have got together to say please, you know, we have members of our family that have been vaccinated. i can't wait to get vaccinated. i'm waiting my turn, unfortunately, but genuinely, i think it is the only way forward, and if you look at the scientific fact, please do that, please listen to, you know, the professor you spoke to earlier, they speak sense. these are people who are answering all the questions, all the reasons that there are concerns that i know that one of the big concerns is how did you get the vaccine out so quickly when other vaccines take so long to be made? those questions have been answered. there are enablers out there who have made sure that regardless of the funding that was needed, regardless of anything, they've got together and found something that actually works. that will significantly reduce you passing it on to somebody else if you take it, and look, think about it as a community. that's the one thing that the lo

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