I feel envy at mate with no clinical vulnerabilities called for covid jab

[priorityconfusion]

She is on the shielding list because of autism and her mental health, but doesn't shield. Called to say her vaccine is next week. We don't live in the same place anymore but I'm in group 6 and won't have my vaccine for a long time. I'm not shielding as I don't need to, but apart from one very stressful trip to an ill family member who needed me, am very cautious and limiting trips out to medical appointments and groceries like most people with my condition because we are over represented in the hospital admissions and deaths.

Logically I'm glad that she is getting vaccinated because the more needles in arms the better and she is out and about a lot on trains and having takeaway coffees and cake outside (within guidelines so that's all good, that's not the point) so hopefully this means she won't get it and transmit it.

But I am a little envious. I want her to be vaccinated but I want it too. And also think somebody like a shop assistant with a clinical vulnerability should be higher up the priority list, to be blunt.

I know I'm being a dick, slap some sense into me here.

I call bullshit, neither of those conditions get you on the covid vaccine list.

As in something else's you don't know about

@priorityconfusion

On the Arms vs Arses angle, I think arses would be way creepier...

But way funnier. I can hear Boris and co now rallying the arses. Bring me your arses by the thousands! We will beat this with enough arses.

I think shop assistants should all be offered it , they don’t know if there customers have it and have to deal with far too many who won’t wear a mask for selfish reasons

@Cissyandflora
But way funnier. I can hear Boris and co now rallying the arses. Bring me your arses by the thousands! We will beat this with enough arses.

He’s already rallied the arses, he has them in government office and they are not beating this.

@priorityconfusion my sister isn’t annoyed with me she’s pissed off at the roll out in different areas and workplaces. Her DD is teacher in a unit spending every day in a classroom with pupils and hasn’t been offered a vaccine.

I've had my first jab as I'm frontline NHS. I thought I would feel a sense of relief after gaving it done. What I actually felt was a feeling of urgency to just get as many people vaccinated as possible, as that is what will make the difference to society and the NHS. Its a collective effort.

If your friend is telling the truth then think if it that way, every jab counts towards getting this pandemic under control. Although if she has slipped the queue dishonestly then that is wrong.

I think we've all had bitter, jealous, unpleasant thoughts from time-to-time, but don't you already know that they aren't reasonable? It's okay to admit you're having these feelings (as you say, we're all imperfect) but you're actually defending it in AIBU.

YABU.

Some mental health treatments (such as anti psychotic medication) can have a negative effect on physical health, so it could be to do with that
I was thinking this too, also the IBS if severe enough? My mother has a number of issues but it's her colitis that has put her at the most vulnerable, also my dh has arthritis and the medication he takes means his immunity is much lower than the average healthy person

OP acknowledges that envy isn’t a nice feeling. All the people saying how awful she is for feeling it aren’t helping. Best thing we could do is to say ‘don’t be a dick to your friend of course, and there are reasons to be glad she’s getting the vaccine, but we understand how you feel - doesn’t make you a bad person, just means you’re venting here instead of in real life’.