If you are still waiting for the vaccine or chose not to have it

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Are you feeling anxious/nervous? I struggle with anxiety as it is and have been working from home all through last year and until now. I follow every rule and still wipe down grocery/quarantine mail etc.

Now that the rules are relaxed by the government and judging by the high street today (I was not in the high street was driving past to get to a woodland for a walk) I think the public has pretty much decided that the pandemic is over.

I feel quite anxious now as inevitably work will want us back- the vaccinated at work will have a blasé attitude and not be strict about following the rules. How am I going to protect myself?

Is it a case of carry on being anxious until my turn to vaccinate and keep my fingers crossed OR if I chose not to have the vaccine then is this a way of coercing me to go for it?

Still waiting for mine, still teaching in every bubble in my Primary school. Yes, I'm nervous. Just hoping now cases are lower as more people are vaccinated that I won't get it. Sucks that we have had to wait while being so exposed.

@Theimpossiblegirl thank you for responding. Yes it does increase anxiety..but there is very little I can do about it. I can social distance and keep washing my hands but how can I ensure a stranger or a colleague is following these?

I haven't been vaccinated, I'm 30. No, I'm not anxious, because the reason I haven't been vaccinated yet is because I am low risk of getting very ill if I catch Covid, the same as everyone else who hasn't been offered the vaccine yet.

Also I work outside the home in a factory, haven't caught Covid yet.

I turned 40 this month. I don’t know where that leaves me in the risk profile- no underlying conditions

If you're 40 hopefully you should be offered the vaccine pretty soon, all my work colleagues in their late 40s have had their first now so they should move onto early 40s in a couple of weeks I'd have thought

No. I've been out working in the community the entire time and I'm still not vaccinated and I'm almost 50. I'm actually quite angry that those of us who have been out working putting ourselves at risk every day are still not vaccinated when many people who work from home are.

As someone who has been vaccinated and was working in a health service throughout the pandemic I can assure you people who are vaccinated are not blasé and the rules on social distancing etc in work places are very much in place. Some people need reminding but that’s all of our responsibility. You can’t ensure others follow the rules in the wider world but your workplace will have legal obligations to follow. However I quite like seeing everyone out in the sunshine myself. I’ve hated the last year and am more anxious about the impending MH crisis than I am of covid.

And for me vaccination was the way to go. I feel that I’ve done what I can to protect others. But I do understand people’s worries. Check your employers plans to keep offices safe and what home working might be available-do your research into the vaccine. You can then make an informed choice.

I wont be having the vaccine... but I am concerned that any proposed "passports" means free access to those who have had the vaccine and that they don't need to prove they have a negative test to access large events.
There have been several threads here recently discussing people who have been vaccinated and still caught Covid. Many people consider the unvaccinated to be deadly biohazards.. when it seems that if you have not been vaccinated, the vaccinated are the biohazards to you.

No offer of a vaccine. 37yo asthmatic working in a supermarket where no customers like to social distance. Iv had bad asthma for the last 16 months. A cold sets me off and makes me very unwell so really worried about covid.

I think the public has pretty much decided that the pandemic is over.

MNers have been saying that constantly since April 2020.

It sounds like you strongly want lots of social distancing OP due to your fear about getting sick with virus, but then you wrote about coercion as though you don't want any covid controls. So you've left me confused. What do you want protecting from?

I'm holding off on vaccine at the moment until more info available on AZ. Happy to have one of other two vaccines but realise I'll be at the back of the queue for them. That's fine by me.

@lljkk - coercion as in if someone decides it to have the vaccine/or not have it immediately it feels a bit like you are being forced because the guidelines are being blurred by the public.

I’m all for opening up etc but I think it’s important that the safety measure like social distancing, masks etc stay in place to avoid a third wave and also until the under 49s are offered the vaccine.

I’m in my 30s so not expecting to be vaccinated for another month or so. I’m not feeling particularly anxious as I know that I am at very low risk of serious illness if I do catch it, and given that the number of cases is so low at the moment, I know I’m at low risk of catching it in the first place. I’m taking reasonable precautions like hand washing and wearing a mask, but otherwise am keen to just get on with my life now.

I think it’s really sad that so many of my age group are now living in fear from something that was never really much of a threat to them.

@TheMotherlode do you go into an office? I can follow all the precautions outside but once inside a poorly ventilated building with people who insist on having a 3 hour meeting for every decision to be made there is very little I can do.

Would it help your anxiety if you weaned yourself off wiping down your shopping & quarantining mail? It's been said many times that it's completely unnecessary, so it might help things to seem a bit more normal.

I'm CEV and have severe allergies so can't have any vaccines . I'm not anxious & not at all bothered that I can't have it. The only reason I wish I could have it is I work with vulnerable young people so feel I should have it for them.
I've worked throughout and never shielded.
Under 40 and no underlying conditions you're very low risk anyway.

I had my letter this week with my appointment (late thirties) but I've cancelled it for now. I'm not saying never, I'm just happy to wait until all the drama with blood clots and what not has been disproven.

I’ve not been vaccinated and not planning to be either. I’m early 40’s, no underlying conditions and not in the least bit anxious because I’m not 84 so I understand that I have a 99.6% chance I’d survive.
People have to get the risks back into balance if we are to move forward.

Late 30s and still waiting for my vaccine.
I wouldn't say anxious as such - not scared of deliveries or walking past joggers or speaking to neighbours outdoors... equally in no hurry to go to Primark or a beer garden before my first vaccine! I'm generally an anxious person but also keeping up with the latest science and understand how covid spreads. I've never washed my shopping or quarantined letters!

As I've avoided covid so far, it would be especially frustrating to catch it now though when I'm probably only a month or two away from my first vaccine + the 3 weeks it takes to build up immunity after. So to some extent I'm continuing a personal lockdown until then.

42, no sign of a vaccine yet. Not worried at all. Never have been worried for myself though. Even back in March 2020 I was never worried about me catching it. However, I do appreciate that this is because I'm not vulnerable. I still follow all the rules and realise that just because I'm not worried doesn't mean other people aren't. Those without reason to be I do feel sorry for though.

I’ve had my first vaccine but I’m anxious on dh’s behalf (he doesn’t seem too bothered!) he’s 39, asthmatic and has a bmi over 40. His weight isn’t down at the doctors so he hasn’t been automatically placed in group 6 as he should have been.

He has finally relented to my nagging though as there is an email address we can email in our area if you haven’t had the vaccine yet and think you should have so he’s sent them his details and I’m hoping he will be offered the vaccine soon that way.

I'm not at all anxious and haven't been since two weeks in, back in April last year.
Cases are low and the seasonal effect is unlikely to see them rise until autumn.

I'm focusing on lots of good food, fresh air, exercise, good times with friends and mental health. I don't have energy to give to worrying about a virus that's unlikely to effect new to any extent.

Having said that, I can't really be arsed with stressy environments with lots of rules, so I'm trending to hang out with friends and family away from public spaces.

I'm still waiting, I'm mid-30s with no health issues. But a lot of people I know have been vaccinated now - all parents, husband (previous health condition), several friends work for the NHS. So actually I'm feeling quite safe for now, surrounded by the herd, and don't mind the wait. It'll be our turn soon, just hang in there.