Just wondering if those that have refused to have the vaccine are now wishing they had?

[Lovemusic33]

There’s a lot of talk about vaccinated people not having to quarantine in the future making travel easier, the possibility of a vaccine passport to be able to go to events and travel.

I have several friends that have refused to have the vaccine due to conspiracy theories and ‘not knowing the risks’, if they had taken the first vaccine they would have had their 2nd by now and potentially be ok to travel in the coming weeks or attend events, there even talk of some jobs needing vaccination (care workers).

I’m just wondering if anyone regrets their choice not to vaccinate?

BTW, I am vaccinated but I’m not judging those who decided against it, just wondering if they have changed their minds?

As if anyone who is of the anti-vax mentality would admit to being wrong, it's laughable and this post is a golden opportunity for more anti-vax propaganda.

Look at the smug anti-vaxxers coming out in force to essentially say "I'm not having it because (in my ever so humble, nothing to do with being a narcissist, opinion) my life is worth more than yours."

Of course the irony is they are only being provided with a life because of the vast unselfish majority having the vaccination.

@PattyPan

I don’t understand the premise of this thread - it’s not like you only get the one chance. If people change their minds they can still get it.

I think the premise of the thread is that the op wants to enjoy some schadenfreude, or to put it another way wants to go 'hahaha told you so suckers'

@Tiari It’s not @Hornbill123456789 ‘s story it’s just something she’s copied from somewhere else. Hence my skepticism and dislike of the attempt to frighten people.

Of course the irony is they are only being provided with a life because of the vast unselfish majority having the vaccination
OMG, you actually wrote that!!!

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Lots of people like this man, it’s very sad.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/covid-anti-vax-hospitalised-america-b1857838.html

@Tiari no - thankfully it wasn’t me. It was from someone on another thread.

However in addition to my niece/Mum - I know a mum and dad in their mid thirties who were hospitalised with Covid, and had to find care for their toddler son.
I also know a police officer who brought Covid home, and his wife was in hospital with blood clot on lung from Covid. They have a vulnerable child who was thankfully ok.
Makes me so angry when I see police officers having to manage freedom protests in London.

As someone else asked if you are someone who doesn’t think we should be having the job, what do you think would be happening if we all had the same idea?

You can't ever really give an opinion or attempt to answer this question without the pile on of certain posters claiming you have an agenda and are spreading misinformation though.

Even though posters repeatedly ask.

Prime example: I don’t have sympathy for those who refuse, show little regard for others and place their personal freedom way above the needs of the rest of society. It also frustrates me that they then spread harmful misinformation to justify their stance.

This is on a thread titled Just wondering if those that have refused to have the vaccine are now wishing they had?

Resounding answer of no.

Posters ask why / make up hypothetical situations and demand answers.

Posters answer.

Posters accused of spreading misinformation because it doesn't tow the party line of The Official Science.

It's becoming like a script and I doubt anyone who asks is really interested in the answers in order to have a civil debate or discussion.

You must have missed my post @PromisingMiddleagedWoman
I said I'm waiting until vaccine trials have ended in 2023. It's as simple as that.

@Egeegogxmv

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I'm obviously sad that my actions help people like yourself, but that's just the way it is.

Jab free here and always will be…. Maaaan it feels good knowing I don’t have that SHIT in my body..

@Funfortheroad all of my above experiences are real - I copied and pasted another posters experience. I don’t doubt her at all I’m afraid. My Mums local hospital was worst hit in the country last lockdown. She’s just had her op and I’m just so incredibly grateful that she’s had her final treatment now.

I've not had a vaccine. I don't regret it. If I did I could literally go and get one tomorrow at one of the drop in clinic locally to me. It's not really a big deal.

I don't really get the hate for people who chose not to have a non mandatory medical procedure. You do you and don't worry about anyone else. If the vaccine works then you are safe, you don't need to worry about anyone else.

I think it's really interesting how the anger and hate has changed over the course of the pandemic.

First it was those who bought non essential items, then those who went out more than once a day, those who left their local area, those who didn't wear masks, now those who chose not to vaccinate. There's always a group to be angry at. Rather than the government who have made so many mistakes, made all their friends rich, bent the rules to suit themselves and let variants in for the sake of a trade deal. But it's easier to blame someone in the street with no mask.

As for the vaccinated being allowed to travel with no restrictions, I think that will be up to other countries really, I'm not sure a lot will want us. I mean Australia was in the green list, but it's not like you could holiday there if you wanted they wouldn't let you in.

@whistleflower - because of posters like @shazzz1xx basically.

What is the point of posting THAT when people are suffering?

I'm going to take a complete stab in the dark here and say that it could be because someone asked a question on an open forum, and the last I checked it is not illegal to not be concerned, or care about, complete strangers.

Feel free to fact check that answer for misinformation though, as long as I can fact check the fact checkers.

@LoopTheLoops

Nope, If anything it makes me even more certain I don’t want it.

This.

your choice to have jab our choice not to… them that hate those like me is because your gutted you have had it and never know what will come out of it haha … oi oiiii

No regrets no. Not saying I'll never have it but not planning to for a while. Call me thick, anti vaxxer, selfish, whatever all you like, it makes no difference. I've recently had an antibody test and have antibodies from having covid 7 months ago.
All these people terrified of being around 'the unvaccinated' are bizarre- nobody was going on like this last summer when nobody was jabbed. Also why would you assume that if someone is unvaccinated that must mean they have covid?!

I haven’t had the vaccine. My family members have. I am completely respectful of their choice. Although I’m unvaccinated, I continue to adhere to all of the rules and I understand people’s animosity towards the unvaccinated, like me. In the same breath, I don’t understand why people don’t realise that my choice is allowed, giving this vaccine a considerable amount of thought is allowed, and groupthink doesn’t need to become anyone’s bully. I wear my mask, I social distance, I test for Covid. I do as others do. The vaccine is not my so-called ‘road to freedom’. It’s not my queue jumping, holiday getaway ticket. You’re not a better person than me on account of being vaccinated.
For me, the vaccine is going to be a protective measure against covid, one I will fully utilise in due course.

I vaccinate people. It's a good face-saver for anti vaxxers "I'm only having it so that I can travel". There are more & more of them coming through at the moment. A lot of them are just plain needle phobic (which I have alot of sympathy with) and have been using anti vax arguments as an excuse not to have it, up until now.

@shazzz1xx

36 years old and no vaccine… me and my BIG family will not be having a single jab, we saw our heathly gran have the Pfizer then within a matter of weeks had 2 heartattacks I will never regret not having it as like the other person said you can always get it you haven’t lost your chance forever but if I had, had it I would be regretting it as now… carnt take it back once you get it but can get it anytime if that makes sense

Older woman has heart attack weeks after vaccine? How many weeks? How old is she? Was she healthy or appeared healthy?

Many heart attack victims think they are perfectly healthy before they have a heart attack, including very young elite athletes.

You and your entire family have based your decision on this?

I think it is unfair that those who have chosen not to take this vaccine are labelled as "anti-vaxxers", this is still a very new vaccine, for a new virus.
Anyway, with the government pressing ahead with easing restrictions whilst there is a delta variant rapidly spreading, it means that those who initially chose not to get a vaccine may now decide to take it.
I feel that this is the more significant factor in that choice (emphasis on the word choice), vs the opportunity travel without quarantine.