In this video, Djiniyini Gondarra and Richard Trudgen start working through the many outstanding questions that Yolŋu people still have about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra discuss two major questions about the Covid-19 vaccine. One is, what is actually inside the vaccines? The other is, will the injections make you sick?
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra discuss the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. Yolngu people are seeing lots of trouble and conflict over the Covid-19 virus in New South Wales and Victoria. What is making these people sick? Is it the same Covid-19 virus?
Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra and Richard Trudgen talk about the old Balanda culture around hygiene & what happened when people moved from villages to cities
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra talk about what 'opening up' means. Many Balanda are getting vaccine injections at the moment. What will happen to people who haven’t had the injection? Will they stop the 'opening up'?
Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra and Richard Trudgen discuss how germs were discovered and that it took some time for people to connect the idea of germs to disease/illness.
Timothy Trugden and Biritjalawuy Goṉḏarra explain bacteria, viruses, and the cells of our bodies, as they discuss the tiny microscopic world inside your body that it is attacked by COVID-19.
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra are joined by Dr Kerry Mills, who explains the dangers of being inside a room if somebody who has the virus in their body.
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra are joined by Dr Kerry Mills to continue the conversation about how coronavirus can be floating in little droplets of mucus in the air. Djiniyini asks, “How do these viruses enter the body”?
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra discuss how lots of men are dying from COVID-19. Dr Mills tells the story about how, in China, most of the people who died from the virus were men.
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra discuss how the virus is affecting smokers. Is it affecting other people? Dr Mills explains passive smoking and also the effects of smoking on unborn children, in relation to the Covid-19 virus.