Are you one of the people who is very very reluctantly going to get vaccinated?

[Itsnotyourchoiceanymore]

Could you please tell me how you are managing the stress/anxiety surrounding it? I don’t want this vaccine- but I’m being forced to go for it. I’m so worried nervous that I cannot sleep properly.I need to book the bloody thing soon but I just cannot bring myself to do it..I’m 40 so not sure which one I’ll get.

I’m absolutely pro vaccination but that’s not an appropriate way for your work to be behaving. It’s a personal choice. Have a conversation with HR.

You’re 40.. your chance of being seriously ill with Covid is only going to go up as you age and if you remain unvaccinated

@HalfCakeHalfBiscuit

Cases are on the rise again. Vaccination is the only way out of this mess. So peer pressure is a good thing.

Peer pressure just makes people feel ignored and isolated. If they have genuine concerns/anxieties about the vaccine, pressuring them wont help at all. You just end up alienating them.

Well bearing in mind that in the most recent cases of those diagnosed, the majority of cases are in the unvaccinated. But honestly op. You do you. We don't live in a police state. You are entitled to your choice.

@XenoBitch

Peer pressure just makes people feel ignored and isolated. If they have genuine concerns/anxieties about the vaccine, pressuring them wont help at all. You just end up alienating them.

But pandering to their unjustified paranoia doesn't help either. I have had enough of all this rubbish lockdown and those that don't have the vaccine despite being offered it are frankly selfish.

I really didn’t want the vaccine, in my 30’s and felt I wasn’t high risk. I was pressured by my family as they (rightly) pointed out it’s not for me and my personal risk, it’s to protect others. This helped me focus and think I’m doing it for them, the people I care about. I had my jab today and it was all fine, I’m really glad I had it now!

But pandering to their unjustified paranoia doesn't help either.

The op isn’t the one bringing it up-they are! There’s no pandering, they’re going on at her.

It's all a risk assessment really, isn't it? There is a minute risk that vaccination could go wrong (although emerging evidence suggests that those who have strokes or clots are exactly the candidates who would have suffered clotting issues and vascular related death from covid.)
There is a risk of dying from covid and that risk seems to escalate if you fall into certain demographics. If you are young and slim, with no underlying health conditions then you stand a good chance of recovering well from covid. However young and slim and active healthy people have died from covid too- in far higher proportions than have died from the vaccine. If you are overweight, inactive, or you are of certain higher risk ethnicities then you really are looking at rolling a dice against covid.
So- weigh up your risks and make your decision and embrace it. But please don't moan about other people having an opinion about your choice- that's their entitlement just as much as you are entitled to refuse vaccination.

[quote HalfCakeHalfBiscuit]@XenoBitch

Peer pressure just makes people feel ignored and isolated. If they have genuine concerns/anxieties about the vaccine, pressuring them wont help at all. You just end up alienating them.

But pandering to their unjustified paranoia doesn't help either. I have had enough of all this rubbish lockdown and those that don't have the vaccine despite being offered it are frankly selfish.[/quote]
Why dismiss their fears as "unjustified paranoia"? For some, it is justified. Some might have a family history of clots, or they might have ben told the vaccine is risky by their own GP, or maybe they have severe healthy anxiety or phobia. Dismissing those fears and calling them selfish wont cure or help any of that.

@DreamingNow

Wow, the level of empathy is through e floor in this thread. :(:(

There are so many threads denegrating/claiming fear of vaccinations started by people whose usernames have no previous history in the last 12 months. It seems unlikely that they all think that talking about a vaccine that over 38 million people have had is particularly outing.

Hardly surprising that empathy is wearing a bit thin.

Looks like the booking dates not up yet

@HalfCakeHalfBiscuit so advocating others to do something that they are uncomfortable because you are tired of lockdown is not selfish?

Honestly I would never dream of forcing someone to have a medical procedure for my benefit- that’s cruel

When I’m at the centre can do they ask if I’m ok to go ahead or just jab you? If I answer honestly and say I’m of ok with this but feel forced to do it..will they record this response somewhere?

Ah but the sweet, sweet smell of attention @amicissimma. So much more satisfying then just dealing with it in a simple and straightforward way.

I’ve been in mumsnet for years but name changed for this as I know there will be some people who will call me all kinds of names.

I’m not an anti vaxxer or trying to dissuade people from doing what they want/comfortable with

I’m not comfortable or happy with what I’m being made to do is all I’m saying

No one is forcing you OP.

If you cant face saying no, then you can just lie and say you've had it. It's really no ones business except yours.

But that is the issue. Your are not made to do it. You have a few choices. 1. Get it and accept it is your choice to get it. 2. Lie. 3. Not get it and ignore other people's opinion.

@BarbarianMum yes I can lie- but I don’t want someone who might be more careful around me if I tell them the truth to let down the guard because of my lie. Although I can just as well catch it from them ...

I'd do the same as @BarbarianMum .
Just lie and say you've had it - will anyone find out the truth?

Sorry to hear you're feeling this way. I'm exactly the same tbh and the pressure in society is getting to my head a bit too.

@daytimeknitter same here I'm 46 and nobody has asked me at all and I'm delaying having it.

I have such rubbish health, inflammation, kidney issues I feel rubbish daily it really can't face feeling any more rubbish right now. I'm done.. so until I get a gap in my chronic conditions I'm staying unvaccinated.

If you don't want it don't have it but personally I wouldn't tell people lies In your personal life. Just say you aren't having it and you're confident in your decision.
Work, unless you are safety-critical I.e. working somewhere where employers have a genuine reason to know you are unvaccinated.... Meh. Just say you've had it.

I am about the most pro Vax person you could come across Btw.

And how will I shut my husband?

Every time we hear of someone in the icu - both are parents/family in a country currently ravaged by Covid, it’s all about how ill end up the same
Then emotional blackmail about how will you travel if parents need us?
Then how I’m ‘half baked’ in my argument
Then it’s about how I’m a risk to us as a family-on and on and on

Did any of you cross the road today? Or get in a car?

Don't drink heavily the night before. Take some paracetamol and drink water.

I’m not comfortable or happy with what I’m being made to do is all I’m saying

Why?

What exactly are you most concerned about?

When I’m at the centre can do they ask if I’m ok to go ahead or just jab you? If I answer honestly and say I’m of ok with this but feel forced to do it..will they record this response somewhere?

It’s quite likely they won’t vaccinate you under those circumstances. I don’t remember explicitly being asked.

You need to reframe this in your head. It is your decision. You are not being forced. Have you thought about talking to your GP?

@HalfCakeHalfBiscuit

Cases are on the rise again. Vaccination is the only way out of this mess. So peer pressure is a good thing.

No one should be forced into it.