For the ones who haven’t had the vaccine yet

[AnxietyDrivingMyLife]

And there is a few months to go are you worried about the relaxing of the rules? I’m worried as to how to protect myself..very worried I’ll catch it this time

@garlictwist

I'm a bit worried I will be sent back to work (university) where most people won't have been vaccinated, certainly the students, and me as I'm in my thirties. I think the vaccinated staff should go back first and everyone else wfh til it's their turn.

The govt are going to say WFH if you can until June, by which time term will be ending, so hopefully this won't happen?

Yes I'm worried. The rates are starting to go up in my area..I still go out to work so have been worried anyway..I'm late 40s, I'm pleased we are going to be next but there is a long way to go before then and it is likely to get worse again when the kids go back. My husband is CEV. He has had his first injection, isn't due his second till the end of April and they don't know how effective it will be anyway in people with his condition. It's all quite a worrying mix

@garlictwist

I'm a bit worried I will be sent back to work (university) where most people won't have been vaccinated, certainly the students, and me as I'm in my thirties. I think the vaccinated staff should go back first and everyone else wfh til it's their turn.

What about those of us who can't WFH and have no choice?

I'm a bit bored of hearing young healthy people at very low risk being precious about going back to work when plenty of us have been working out of the home throughout.

My chance of dying of covid is 0.0007%. Everything I have endured has been to protect others not myself. I'll be having the vaccine to protect others not myself. That's it really.

If I could back to normal tomorrow I would

Actually I wonder whether all university students will be fully vaccinated before the start of autumn term? I don't know if the uptake will be good amongst the very young. Plus there will be summer borns who only just turned 18 who may not have been offered the vaccine yet, and international students. I hope we don't end up with outbreaks amongst unvaccinated students.

I'm a bit bored of hearing young healthy people at very low risk being precious about going back to work when plenty of us have been working out of the home throughout.

I've done both WFH and in work.

This type of personal bitterness between different groups of people doesn't help us progress in policy terms.

Is it wiser for the UK if more people with before full vaccine roll out? Yes, that will offer more protection to those who have no option to WFH.

Grrr autocorrect!

Is it wiser for the UK if more people WFH before full vaccine roll out? Yes, that will offer more protection to those who have no option to WFH.

Not at all.

Those are not on the underlying conditions list. It is conditions with known risk. The list is quite short and easily viewable on the Internet.

That's incorrect. For example, psoriasis IS in the list. It's an auto-immune condition.

I have (controlled) psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. I take a ton of medication for it. They are auto immune conditions. The medication can also affect immunity.

However I won't have a reduced life expectancy with them. I am more susceptible to some viruses. They are unlikely to kill be but I can become more,ill as a result. For example, I have an annual flu vaccine and I have had a pneumonia vaccine to help reduce my chances of catching these.

I caught covid in October and was in hospital, had 7 weeks off work and still not right after 4 months. I was rushed to hospital with a real risk of heart attack or stroke. It wasn't my arthritis or my psoriasis which was causing that. It was the covid. It had triggered something which had led to my blood pressure sky rocketing. Had the worst happened I'd have gone in the 'underlying conditions' list - even though my conditions wouldn't ordinarily lead me to an early death.

And yes, I hate the way 'underlying health conditions' has been used as a way to excuse thousands of deaths this past year.

@ChameleonClara

Grrr autocorrect!

Is it wiser for the UK if more people WFH before full vaccine roll out? Yes, that will offer more protection to those who have no option to WFH.

I do think it's better for more people to WFH if they are able to. What irritates me is when people say they don't want to go back to work because it's too risky but they're happy for others to take that risk.

Nope I’m not remotely worried, I have worked in the office the full way through and visited the hospital daily for 2 months in lockdown visiting my Mum on end of life care (not covid related). Life is just too short for this and I want to get on with my life now. Completely willing to wait my turn for the vaccine and follow the rules until then

I understand life is short and it’s fickle, so being locked up is not the best option. However I suppose for people who struggle with anxiety like myself- I feel like a sitting duck. Waiting to become ill and potentially end up in the hospital. This thought doesn’t help me enjoy anything - the office is another problem all together. Honestly the infection control measures in certain areas are questionable...but they cannot wait to get people back into offices. It’s a recipe for (not disaster) but more trouble...

I'm not worried. I've worked throughout so it's business as usual for me really.

I admit to being a bit nervous of having the vaccine. I will have it but I have spent a year managing not to get ill. How ironic would it be to feel rough because of any vaccine side effects? (My neighbour was quite poorly after her jab...fine now).

I've never been concerned about getting Covid. I'm fortunate to be otherwise fit and healthy but I am very much looking forward to a reduced threat of disruption. Worrying about every lateral flow test result and every child who isn't 100%, (childcare).

I’m trying not to voice my concerns or questions about the vaccine- I am not an anti vaxcer - I have had loads and so has my daughter. But I am nervous about this one- the long term effects, etc. But it becomes such a bun fight in here or you get called an anti vaxcer I’m not going there. I will have it when it’s my turn but I’m not sure if I’ll be totally comfortable doing it like a flu jab or rubella jab.

Nope can't wait to get out. Although I am young (20s) with no health conditions so it's easy for me to say, I appreciate others will feel differently.

I've had the vaccine now, but my medically vulnerable child hasn't, so I'm pretty much in the same boat of needing to be very careful. I was informed at the hub that they don't know yet if it will stop people catching and transmitting the virus, so everyone who has it should still be careful.

(Preferably making a special exception for my Nan who says bollocks to it all and wants the bingo hall open again...)