Vaccinated heroes on Facebook

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Why do those that have decided to have the vaccine feel the need to take to Facebook and document the fact?

They’ve had an injection, not saved a family of 5 from a burning building. I just don’t get it.

Christ, all these elderly people that are overjoyed that they and the people who care for them are one step closer to being able to see their families again after a year of waving at them through windows.
Virtue signalling bunch they are.

You sound very tetchy OP. Maybe it’s time to leave FB is something so mild is winding you up.

@Lemons1571

I had my first vax 10 days ago. I wfh (group 6 but probably shouldn’t be as have lost weight). I would never post about getting the vax on Facebook. I think it would make people like my DH feel really gutted and anxious (late 40’’s, secondary teacher, back in full classrooms now, and just missed group 6 by a whisker).

I find this notion odd, that the poor sods who are arguably more at risk should be feeling overjoyed about people arguably less at risk, getting the vaccine first. It’s not a perfect rollout and it has to be done quickly so there will be discrepancies of course. But to be made to feel bad, because you’re scared about still being more at risk? WTF!

Exactly

@kittensarecute I am so glad to see you on here and that you’ve had your jab. I’ve kept wondering how you were having seen you on lockdown threads last year and then not seen you for a bit.
Hope that doesn’t sound too stalkerish

I’ve seen lots of responses of grumpy people saying ‘well I’m younger and I’ve not had it yet’....it seems to provoke a lot of jealousy.

People forget that earlier on, any younger people had medical conditions. There are also regional variations with speed and when people post, it seems to bring out fury that their area is behind. It can be very ‘me,me,me’. This is also true on threads on MN too.

I think it’s fine to post but they have to be sensitive. They should realise loads of people might be hesitant and it helps them, but also loads are desperate to be jabbed and hearing of others can provoke the green eyed monster...so definitely no hints of boasting, and it’s more helpful not to be too specific about age or reason for getting it (unless you were out of cohort) if posts are read by people across a wide geographical area.

One thing that particularly causes fury is when people say they got it due to left-overs or getting on a waiting list....people have a strong sense of the right order and again jealousy about people getting it in some kind of queue jumping way. Of course, sensible people realise spares should be used up and it benefits everyone die that to happen, but people just need to be a bit sensitive, especially if they were out of order.

Well a lot of people have told you why yet you seem to ignore them and only respond to people with sake opinion as you or where you can try to look clever

After a year in lockdown, DP's cancer diagnosis then being told he has months to live, we did. We have had very little else to 'celebrate' in the last 12 months.

I'm not interested in hearing about the private medical information of strangers.
They don't need to tell me when they've had a smear test or a vasectomy, so why this?
Virtue signalling of the highest order.

@Sadsiblingatsea yes because those things are going ease us out of a global pandemic - totally comparable 🤔

I've got a lovely, sensible, empathetic group of facebook friends. Quite a number of them will have recieved their first vacc due to their age / profession / underlying conditions (and I am pleased for them) but most have decided not to post about this and unintentionally shove it in the face of those still waiting. Only two have posted about it in fact

I posted, the first time because I was so happy and grateful to get it. And the second time to help
Encourage people to get their own. As I know a few people who aren't sure about it.

So sorry, bloodywhitecat.

[quote Allmyarseandpeggymartin]@kittensarecute I am so glad to see you on here and that you’ve had your jab. I’ve kept wondering how you were having seen you on lockdown threads last year and then not seen you for a bit.
Hope that doesn’t sound too stalkerish[/quote]
I'm doing much better, just needed to take some time away from the boards which has improved my mental health heaps 🙂

@WombatChocolate

I’ve seen lots of responses of grumpy people saying ‘well I’m younger and I’ve not had it yet’....it seems to provoke a lot of jealousy.

People forget that earlier on, any younger people had medical conditions. There are also regional variations with speed and when people post, it seems to bring out fury that their area is behind. It can be very ‘me,me,me’. This is also true on threads on MN too.

I think it’s fine to post but they have to be sensitive. They should realise loads of people might be hesitant and it helps them, but also loads are desperate to be jabbed and hearing of others can provoke the green eyed monster...so definitely no hints of boasting, and it’s more helpful not to be too specific about age or reason for getting it (unless you were out of cohort) if posts are read by people across a wide geographical area.

One thing that particularly causes fury is when people say they got it due to left-overs or getting on a waiting list....people have a strong sense of the right order and again jealousy about people getting it in some kind of queue jumping way. Of course, sensible people realise spares should be used up and it benefits everyone die that to happen, but people just need to be a bit sensitive, especially if they were out of order.

Maybe I shouldn't post then as I'm not quite in order. Group 6, but not based on an obvious condition. I just presumed so far that everyone was healthcare or group 6, I hadn't really thought through that people would be cross about mine. (Or maybe they'll just wonder if I'm 10 years older haha, I have gained a couple of grey hairs this year.)

Why should we cater to jealousy, its a horrible trait

I would agree if it was over a car / a holiday or new job, but a life saving vaccine is a little different

I like seeing it. Makes me happy that more and more people are receiving it.

I can't believe people are angry that people who are younger than them are getting it. Surely you assume they have an underlying condition and are happy that they're now safer?

Around 70% of my fb friends have the “I’ve had my covid vaccine” profile pic - including me. I like seeing the numbers of those vaccinated going up daily. I can’t understand why some people would object 🤷🏻‍♀️ Mine is staying there until I choose to remove it. I won’t be removing it just because someone else may object!

So gutted I didn’t get given a sticker. Is this an English thing? Anyone from Wales get a sticker

My DH, DB, DSis and a few neighbours were offered a sticker after their 2nd vaccinations, last week. I don’t know of anyone who was offered a sticker after their first jab. I’ll let you know if I get one after my second in a few weeks 😉

@lovingmyppe

I'm a vaccinator. I started at the beginning of the year. Doing several shifts a week as well as my day job. Honestly it's been the most rewarding experience. We've had elderly couples wearing their best jewellery and clothes and taking selfies, as it's been such a momentous occasion, we've had gifts of chocolate, biscuits snd flowers from grateful patients. We have had joyous recipients asking us to dance. We've had extremely vulnerable, previously shielding individuals, with stories of cancer, chemo, transplants, heart and chest problems. It's been their only trip outside of their house seemingly since this time last year. We've had healthcare professionals working on the front line, with Covid patients and in Covid centres, traumatised by what they've been dealing with. We've had patients who have lost loved ones to this disease, and couldn't say a proper goodbye.

We now have vaccines, and the country is doing its best to try supply us all with this, the most effective way to bring the suffering to an end.

Shout it from the rooftops, post on Facebook all you want. Share the news.

Be kind

I love this post. Thank you vaccinators, doctors and carers, scientists, and everyone who has made this happen. When I get mine I will do so with the biggest smile on my face and I may share my happiness and appreciation on Facebook, same way I do when other things make me happy or grateful.

Some people will find literally anything to get angsty about. I think they must have small, bitter lives to get het up about people celebrating the beginning of the end of this terrible pandemic.

I haven't seen any stickers. Some of my friends have posted to say they have had it, as it's an important event for them. I'll probably do the same.

I absolutely love seeing these posts, even though I will most likely be waiting until May or even June for my first jab.

I also love seeing people in the local shop and out on walks and having them tell me they’ve had theirs.

I’m usually quite a cynical person, but I genuinely feel that every needle in arm in is cause for celebration.

OP: "You don't have to drag a thread down to gutteral level."
Also OP: "You're making an idiotic assumption." and passive aggressive use of "my angel" to people referring to genuine emerging science.

Plenty of people answered your question. I'm not planning to post about getting vaccinated, but I now understand a little better why many people have. So can you.

I know some peope have underlying health conditions but some of the people you see crowing about their vaccinations have never shown any sign of this

I've had the vaccine. I'm mid 30s. I've used the NHS frame on my profile pic as I know some of my friends are reluctant and I wanted to normalise it if I could, i'm not 'crowing' I'm relieved to the point of tears that I am going to be able to leave the house soon - which I've done maybe 5 times since last April. I've had it because I take medication that stops my immune system working.

I take that medication because I have Ulcerative Colitis. It's a very distressing disease, with very distressing symptoms, that I certainly don't share with people I don't know well. I don't particularly like aquantainces knowing I suffer continence issues. I look perfectly well, in fact because of the massive dose of steroids I take (which also lower the immune system and would have put me in group 4 on their own, without the other medication) I often look VERY healthy, especially when I am in fact at my most ill.

There is absolutely no reason or requirement for people to say why they've been placed in a higher group, it's personal and private. It could be cancer treatment or any number of things that they don't wish to be common knowledge. Older people who are in lower groups are in them because they are lower risk than younger people with health conditions. I understand wanting the vaccine, and even jealousy that others have had it - I waited with baited breath for groups 1-3 to be done. But I didnt begrudge them their vaccines, I just wanted it to be done ASAP!

I had hoped that an unexpected benefit of covid would be a better understanding of invisible disibilities - colleagues previously thought of as healthy being required to shield for instance, and people maybe not being so despereate to come to work, especially when they can wfh, when they're ill and pass germs around because 'it's just a cold' without considering that for other people it's not 'just' at all! However I feel I'm probably going to be disappointed.