Many may know our first
guest as Punky Brewster,
but to her kids she's mom.
The famous mother is helping her
kids prepare for college and joins
us this morning to talk about a
potentially life threatening illness.
Soleil Moon Frye is here to
discuss her life as a parent,
her career and her involvement with an
important public health awareness campaign.
Joining her is pediatrician and GSK
spokesperson Dr Shaka Gillen with more about
vaccination to help prevent meningitis.
Welcome to the both of you.
Thank you so much for having us.
It's an honor to be here.
Yeah, we're excited to have
you on Insulet. I wanted
to start with you bring us up
to date on your latest project.
Ah well, of course,
my children are definitely
my my most focused project.
You know, raising them,
and I just I love them so
much and so proud to be part
of the proud family revival,
which so much fun. I love playing the
way we have the best time ever, and
Kid 90, which is streaming on Hulu right
now, which is documentary that I've
made that's so close to my heart.
And of course, being here today
with GSK and asked to be sure.
And my dear friend. Chaka,
who has been one of my best friends
since we were 14 years old, we met at
UB40 concert so there's there's lots
of amazing projects today is really
important to me to be able to hear with
one of my lifelong best friends. Yeah,
you definitely have that bestie bond,
and it seems like you've been
keeping really busy solet.
And why did you get involved with
this campaign that raises awareness
about the meningitis B vaccination?
You know, having
four kids that are my world.
All I want to do is protect them
and love them and nurture them.
And my 16 year old I cannot
believe I have a 16 year old
because I still feel like I'm 16.
Is looking at colleges and about
to go out into the world and I.
I mean, obviously she's already
in the world but like she's about
to like take it to a whole nother
level and I was talking to dear
friend who told me about meningitis
B and I really did not know.
All about meningitis.
BI assumed as so many do that
when the kids are little,
they often get the meningitis vaccination.
I did not realize that meningitis B
was completely different and something
that really affects young people 16 to
23 years old and is life threatening.
And I learned so much and
I turned to my dear friend,
Shaka, who I'm so fortunate.
One of my best friends is a pediatrician
and we started talking about it and I
learned more and more and I was like.
I don't know about this and there
must be millions of other families
that don't know either and so
have been educating myself.
So excited to be here with
GSK and has to be sure.
And really this is about opening a
dialogue having this conversation
so that we can make educated
decisions for families.
Yeah, and doctor Shaka Gillen.
I'm glad we have you here.
I wanted to ask what is meningitis
and why my teens and young
adults be at an increased risk.
Great question.
So meningococcal disease or meningitis
is a rare but serious infection that
causes complications and even death.
So one in 10 individuals will die as
rapidly as 24 hours and despite our
medical care one in five will have
permanent damage. So limb amputation,
hearing loss and permanent neurologic damage.
So teenagers and young adults,
so 16 to 23 year olds are an increased
risk due to normal teen activities.
They live in small spaces and they share.
Just about everything.
Anyone that has a teenager knows that
they just basically live on top of
each other and they share utensils,
water bottles,
everything and that puts them at
an increased risk for meningitis.
OK, very informational Soleil and doctor.
Thank you so much for joining us
this morning and getting us this
important information to our viewers.
I'm going to let them know where
to go For more information.
For more info visit ask to be sure.