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I won't be brave enough to answer the question ''have you had your vaccination?''

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Gucci1961 · 22/05/2021 08:31

My fb feed is so polarised. I will be keeping it private what I have done I think. If anybody asks me if I have had it, I won't know what to say. Opinions seem so divided. I can't believe Im friends with people who think it's poison, and also, people who think you're so selfish you should go to prison if you pass on it!

Personally I'm on the fence but I'll have it. Reluctantly but I will have it. I cancelled the first appointment because it was at the crack of dawn on a weekend day. I have friends on my fb feed who are posted all sorts of articles insinuating that you're a lunatic to have untested shit put in to you and also that you'll have deaths on your hands if you don't race down to your local vaccination centre.

So, if I'm asked, I'll say, 'weather is improving, 12 degrees, feels like 11!''

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BeingATwatItsABingThing · 22/05/2021 08:34

Just say you’re not happy sharing your medical information or say you haven’t been called for it yet.

I personally would have taken the crack of dawn appointment though. I’d be happy to go on a list to turn up with short notice in case of vaccines going to waste. We’re still around 10 years off my age group.

NoIdontwanttoseeyourknob · 22/05/2021 08:34

I think it should be regarded as very rude to ask.

You wouldn’t ask about other aspects of someone’s health and this should be the same.

“Hello, have you had your period yet?”
“Good morning, are you menopausal today?”

ChocOrange1 · 22/05/2021 08:36

Thats interesting. I don't know anyone who speaks negatively about the vaccine, or anyone who posts strong feelings about anyone else's choice either way. Maybe you just need better friends who won't judge you for your choices.

WonkyCactus · 22/05/2021 08:37

Why would you keep it private though? If your friends are anti-vax crazies then surely telling them you've had it and are perfectly OK is the best course of action?

Corncorncorn · 22/05/2021 08:38

I'm exhausted by this tbh. Just have the vaccine, follow the rules and we'll all get out of this global pandemic together.

People are only asking to help assess risk of severe infection. I don't understand all of this hand wringing I really don't.

underneaththeash · 22/05/2021 08:39

Snooze the people on your facebook face who think it's poison/makes you infertile/was created by the FBI to inject listening devices into your bloodstream.
They're wrong.

If anyone asks you, say "yes, of course I've had it."

Temp023 · 22/05/2021 08:40

If you don’t answer most people would assume you’ve not had it.

I have having my second dose in a week’s time, I am proud to have it. I will be telling anyone who is interested that I have had it. If they start telling me it’s poisoner whatever, then I will laugh heartily in their face. However everyone I know seems to be sensibly having the vaccine as the opportunity arises.

sweetkitty · 22/05/2021 08:41

Personally I don’t get the “I’ve had the vaccine” things posted on FB. Whoppee do!

I’ve had the two doses do to work now don’t feel the particular need to tell anyone.

qualitygirl · 22/05/2021 08:42

@Corncorncorn because for some it's not as simple as "just having the vaccine!"
Many ppl gave MANY reasons why they aren't yet. And that is OK!

OP I'm the same, I'm fed up of the talking about it, the judging, the asking. If ppl ask me my line is "let's not talk about the vaccine, it doesn't matter my what my stance is or whether I have had it or not. You do what suits you and I'll do what suits me"

NautaOcts · 22/05/2021 08:43

@ChocOrange1

This is what I was thinking!

DDiva · 22/05/2021 08:44

I only know 1 person who doesn't want the vaccine, we agree to disagree......

Earlybirdmissedtheworm · 22/05/2021 08:46

I'm 31 and deciding not to have it, I've been asked loads of times about it and learned early on to divert the subject.
When I've been asked recently I just say "I haven't been invited yet", most of my friends are older than me so have had it already.
The truth is my area have sped through and I have been invited.
As news outlets are still saying 36 year olds are being called I have a week or 2 of my excuse before I'm going to have to fall out with people who judge what I do with my own body.
I'm pleased for everyone I know that has had it and don't judge them.

Killahangilion · 22/05/2021 08:47

I’ll probably post on FB when I’ve had mine because I rarely post anything personal on FB. I think it’s important that the wavering and less rabid anti-vaxxers see plenty of posts from ordinary people who are getting the jab and getting on with their lives. It might help to reassure them into getting it too.

AdoraBell · 22/05/2021 08:48

Your choice to answer when asked, if you don’t to share the information do as suggested by pp and say you’re not discussing your medical info.

RoSEbuds6 · 22/05/2021 08:48

Everyone I know is just grateful to have it.

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Gucci1961 · 22/05/2021 08:51

@NoIdontwanttoseeyourknob

I think it should be regarded as very rude to ask.

You wouldn’t ask about other aspects of someone’s health and this should be the same.

“Hello, have you had your period yet?”
“Good morning, are you menopausal today?”

Ha ha, depending on who asks me, these are funny responses.

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Melitza · 22/05/2021 08:52

Bizarre isn't it.
Someone had to be the first to have the smallpox vaccine, measles, mumps, tetanus, polio.

And now testing is so much more sophisticated, regulations rigid and follow up of side effects is thorough.
Doesn't mean you have to have it but I can't understand the rhetoric from some ardent anti vaxxers.

longtimemarried · 22/05/2021 08:52

Everyone has a choice they either have it or not, but for those people who will not have it please dont expect the NHS to care for you if you are unlucky enough to catch Covid.

Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo · 22/05/2021 08:52

@Killahangilion

I know this is the reason people are encouraged to but it has almost the opposite effect on me. I find it almost cult like and as though everyone is being pressured from all angles.

Parker231 · 22/05/2021 08:55

We’ve posted on our Facebook page when we had our vaccinations as it is something to celebrate. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t already had the vaccine or will be having it when it’s their turn like our DT’s who are 21.

DDiva · 22/05/2021 08:55

@sweetkitty

Personally I don’t get the “I’ve had the vaccine” things posted on FB. Whoppee do! I’ve had the two doses do to work now don’t feel the particular need to tell anyone.

This applies to anything on social media.

I got an appointment as soon as possible and was thrilled. I posted on fb to share how positive I felt about it.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 22/05/2021 08:57

my answer is "not yet"
but only because "that's none of your damn business" would be frowned upon.

mulberrybag · 22/05/2021 08:59

Longtimemarried what a ridiculous post. So you're saying that the NHS categorically won't treat un-vaccinated people if they get sick from C-19?
What utter tosh, irrespective of individual choice/belief the NHS is there to treat all, not just the ones you deem worthy

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Gucci1961 · 22/05/2021 08:59

I know what you @Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo I think there is pressure from all angles to have it. And I will, but I'm really on the fence.
I wouldn't be proud of having had it! That seems odd to me. It's nothing to celebrate, that we were put in this position (by the virus I mean, not blaming anybody for the pandemic).

One woman I know who has fallen down a real rabbit hole, I'm a bit worried for her. Does she have too much time on her hands to overthink (over worry). We're not close friends but she is a free spirit and thinks about life differently than most people. She's given me valuable perspective at times, and the confidence to to tune back in to myself and listen. I have a number crunching job and she's an artist and worries about different things. I worry about my pension not being as much as I'll need, and she's worrying about what's in the vaccine. We're different, I don't want to denounce anybody as wrong or bad.

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ZoBo123 · 22/05/2021 09:00

A bit divided on whether it is good to talk about it. Yes it normalises it and hesitant people may be swayed by thinking they are the only ones not getting it. But it is really nosey to ask about people's personal health choices and this should absolutely not be normalised. Have you had the flu jab? Are your children's jabs you to date? These things are not routinely discussed

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