I don't understand the logic of people who think covid is a scam and the jabs are dangerous. Most countries have prioritised their hcps and carers for vaccination - why on earth would they want to sterilise/kill/whatever it is you think the nefarious motivation is their expensive to train and greatly needed medical staff? And lets face it if the vaccine was dangerous the tories would have been offering it to teachers from day one.
The thing with anxiety and phobias which i have some experience of is they can be accommodated if the person is willing - you could be prescribed some valium (like people with fears of flying do when they have to make a trip) or be allowed to take someone in with you or be offered it in your own home at a small fee to cover the staffing.
So I don' think it's really about phobia of a needle or doctors - presumably people got over these things in order to have their children or to undergo a surgery they needed etc but have a lack of will to do so for this vaccine.
I also find myself wondering if the real reason double jabbed younger people with healthy immune systems (ie likely to have mounted a strong reaction to the vaccine and have good levels of immunity unlike the very elderly people who it offers less protection and we still need to be careful of and for) aren't allowed greater freedoms is the governments fear of being yelled at about a 2-tier society and some of their own radical back benchers apoplexy at the very idea of it.
I don't want to be banned from doing things that it would be safe for me to do because the government don't want to cause offense by saying only vaccinated people can do it rather than take on the chin the kickback from having different rules for people dependent on vaccination status.
It's also irksome that people, like myself, who didn't want the vaccine but could see how selfish and self defeating it would be not to and so did it despite anxiety around doctors, government programmes etc etc will next be facing having to decide whether to get our children to have the vaccine next at least in part because of adults like those on here who want everyone else, including other people's children, to take the risk when they're not willing too. That makes me sad and frustrated.
I do think we live in a very self driven world today. I've been in school throughout this pandemic, bar holidays, taking the risk of being exposed to crowded, poorly ventilated conditions - that's been anxiety provoking at times. I've gone and had the bloody vaccine despite my instinctive anxiety about it and I had really shitty side effects but still had my second dose and worked through those horrible side effects both times to keep teaching. In the face of a global pandemic some people want to stay working from home forever, whilst insisting others take risks so that their children can go to school, so they can have their shopping delivered, so people can be treated in hospitals etc AND they want everyone else to take the vaccine but aren't prepared to contribute anything themselves.
I can't imagine my parents generation, let alone my grandparents generation being like that. We probably wouldn't be here if they had been.
It's not about having a go at people it's just an observation that we wouldn't have societies, education systems, health care systems, care homes for the elderly, charities that support cancer patients or train guide dogs etc etc etc if this version social responsibility had been the norm. Everyone would just worry about themselves and screw everyone else. It makes it a bit clearer how the Boris' of this world end up being elected. Presumably he resonates with these people who deep down just care about number one.