Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=ClGGJkLGA0f Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Trying to get a Covid vaccine with needle phobia - BBC News [IEc3dyAx5Z8] Health Updated on August 06, 2026 EDT — Published on August 06, 2026 EDT Adam wants to get his Covid vaccine - but an extreme fear of needles is holding him back. The 23-year-old says it's not the pain he's afraid of, but the thought of the injection itself - and the needle piercing his skin. "It feels like you have no way out, you can't do anything, your heart rate's pushing 200, you can't focus on anything… it’s about a pathological fear of needles." A recent Oxford University survey of more than 15,000 adults in the UK suggests needle phobia accounts for about 10% of Covid vaccine hesitancy. The survey also suggests reluctance to get the Covid jab is generally a bit higher in younger people and some ethnic minority groups. Please subscribe HERE #Vaccine #Covid #BBCNews yeeoY24iEK5 CaL1mRVEVVY 6jZAr7hYnkK oKRNpVnmfOv 5NvWYcbTr6y sBf4VSvEMSG 58adXoZgosG GakgZo5KULW
Adam wants to get his Covid vaccine - but an extreme fear of needles is holding him back. The 23-year-old says it's not the pain he's afraid of, but the thought of the injection itself - and the needle piercing his skin. "It feels like you have no way out, you can't do anything, your heart rate's pushing 200, you can't focus on anything… it’s about a pathological fear of needles." A recent Oxford University survey of more than 15,000 adults in the UK suggests needle phobia accounts for about 10% of Covid vaccine hesitancy. The survey also suggests reluctance to get the Covid jab is generally a bit higher in younger people and some ethnic minority groups. Please subscribe HERE #Vaccine #Covid #BBCNews yeeoY24iEK5 CaL1mRVEVVY 6jZAr7hYnkK oKRNpVnmfOv 5NvWYcbTr6y sBf4VSvEMSG 58adXoZgosG GakgZo5KULW