[quote ZednotZee]@jellybeansforbreakfast
I don't have any specific health concerns and I want it to stay that way, hence my refusal to take this new vaccine.
My body needs to last me my whole life, I have five children to provide for and I need to remain well enough to be economically active for as long as possible.
My DM has a myriad of autoimmune disorders and hasn't been able to work for the last fifteen years due to these.
My cousin, who is thirty nine on my paternal side has scleroderma, another IM condition and is awaiting a lung transplant.
I have nursed through outbreaks of covid with PPE which the RCN have admitted are woefully inadequate and I have never tested positive for covid, despite 90% of my colleagues testing positive. The virus is not indiscriminate by any means and I do not feel myself to be at personal risk of contracting it or subsequently transmitting it.
My blood group is O -ve which, according to preliminary findings confers protection. I also follow a ketogenic diet, which again is thought to be a protective factor.
I am exercising my right to make a risk assessment of my own individual circumstances and this leads me to refuse to take the vaccine at this point.
I have a first class honours degree and over a decade of experience in this sector. I will be a great loss to my workplace but my health and bodily autonomy are paramount.
Fuck you Hancock.[/quote]
I'm usually quite polite and enjoy learning from mumsnet.
But a keto diet 😂 I presume you are talking in some way about reducing inflammation (ie carbs/sugar) but oh my goodness eating bloody chicken is not going to protect you from covid
Anecdotally I can see you feel invincible given you don't appear to have contracted covid yet.
I did not realise there were so many care staff against protecting their residents.