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The unvaccinated out socialising.

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Whiskyinajar · 28/12/2021 14:09

I know it's unreasonable to expect everyone to stay at home but I'm about to test as a relatives husband has just tested positive. It's now come out that he is unvaccinated ....not sure why. He's told his wife that he doesn't want the vaccine 🙄Hmm

What is annoying me is that he has socialised all over Christmas with family and my parents, many who are elderly with underlying health problems and who can ill afford to get this virus.

Everyone now has to test .

Thankfully it seems everyone (apart from him) has had both vaccines and a booster. Risks of them catching it are low but not out of the realms of possibility .

Just feeling irritated that he's taken the risk of not being vaccinated and then mixed with everyone.

No point to this post apart from me letting off steam but grrrrr! So cross.

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Whiskyinajar · 28/12/2021 15:53

He tested because he HAD to for his job. They sent him home so he can't pass it on to anyone else.

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LittleBabyCheeses · 28/12/2021 15:54

Do you think the ‘unvaccinated’ should be under house arrest then, OP?

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Whiskyinajar · 28/12/2021 15:56

@LittleBabyCheeses

Do you think the ‘unvaccinated’ should be under house arrest then, OP?
In case any of you find it hard to read you will see I started my post with "I know it's unreasonable to expect everyone to stay at home".

Just in case you missed it Hmm

As it's clear YOU did among many many others.

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Spotthedog91 · 28/12/2021 15:59

OP the fact he's unvaccinated makes absolutely no difference.

I'm not vaccinated. I'm not a selfish person. I test regularly and isolate if I've come into contact with someone.

Your attitude stinks. The people who are selfish are the ones who believe we should not have a choice as to what we put in our bodies.

PineappleMojito · 28/12/2021 15:59

“Well aware that vaccinated people get it too...that's why I don't want unvaccinated idiots hanging round my vulnerable relatives”.

This doesn’t make any sense at all.

Of course you’ve a right to your opinion, but your facts are wrong. Your elderly relatives are, I hope, protected from serious illness by their vaccines - doesn’t matter where they get Covid from, it’s just as likely to be a vaccinated person than an unvaccinated one. So I genuinely just don’t understand - this just seems to be some kind of moral standpoint rather than one based on any evidence that “the unvaccinated” pose a greater risk to anyone other than themselves.

It’s definitely selfish to a) not test or b) go and socialize when you know there’s a risk you may have Covid though.

oaksholly · 28/12/2021 16:00

5 members of my family all jabbed and had boosters have all tested positive. 2 of which are really ill in bed & one of them is the 2nd time having it. Having the jab or not people are still going to catch it! The jab doesn't make it less chance of catching it it makes you have less chance of being ill which in this case it didn't work for 2 of them.

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Whiskyinajar · 28/12/2021 16:00

And yes I am pissed off as he mixed with the family, with a "bit of a cold" knowing he was unvaccinated. Forgive me for being annoyed about that.

And some of you need to learn to read before saying I am suggesting everyone should stay home. Do some reading about how viruses spread or have talk to some of the bereaved.

Sadly some of you won't get any understanding unless it affects you. ...and affects you badly.

I'd quite like to avoid that for my family thanks,

Out of this thread now and won't be responding anymore.

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XenoBitch · 28/12/2021 16:00

@Whiskyinajar

He tested because he HAD to for his job. They sent him home so he can't pass it on to anyone else.
Did the rest of you test before he visited?
DeerMyDear · 28/12/2021 16:01

He can transmit the virus more than others, but those who are vaccinated can also transmit it. I’d focus on whether people are testing.

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Whiskyinajar · 28/12/2021 16:01

Yes we did test....all of us did and he said he did too. But I've heard since that he didn't . He doesn't believe in it.

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PineappleMojito · 28/12/2021 16:01

He shouldn’t have been mixing if he had symptoms, vaccinated or otherwise.

RobinPenguins · 28/12/2021 16:03

At this point, people not having the vaccine are overwhelmingly putting themselves at risk, rather than other people. I think it’s probably time to dial back the rhetoric about protecting other people because it’s not as convincing as it was before waning and new variants etc. I’m a firm supporter of vaccination and have had my booster, I just think it gives fuel to anti-vaccination statements to keep saying things which aren’t really backed up by the evidence any more.

justustwoandmoo · 28/12/2021 16:03

@Whiskyinajar

Blimey I touched some nerves here didn't I?

Time to get real folks..I have the right to an opinion same as you.

If you've refused vaccination you are beyond selfish

As long as elderly relatives don't get it from him and die as a result I am good.

I still think he is bloody selfish thought

Well aware that vaccinated people get it too...that's why I don't want unvaccinated idiots hanging round my vulnerable relatives.

OP. Please get your facts straight before you start threads like this. Your just making yourself look very very stupid.....

You can catch and spread covid if you are vaccinated or unvaccinated. You chose to have the jab to protect yourself if you get covid. I did the same. BUT that does not stop you from catching it and passing it on.

Those who choose not to be the vaccination put themselves at a greater risk if they catch it. That's on them.

You need to stop starting threads that just talk a load of rubbish!!

Spotthedog91 · 28/12/2021 16:05

Then his problem is that he didn't test.. Not that he isn't vaccinated.

I did lateral flow tests before mixing at Christmas.

Cakeandcardio · 28/12/2021 16:06

The facts really are that you are NOT as likely to either get or pass covid on if you are vaccinated. They are very effective in preventing this, just not 100% effective. So, yes, the unvaccinated really are prolonging this pandemic. Whether I'm against the unvaccinated people or not is irrelevant, but these are still the facts.

Franticbutterfly · 28/12/2021 16:07

@FflosFfantastig

Of course it's only 'the unvaccinated' catching Covid 😆
😂😂😂
MeredithGreyishblue · 28/12/2021 16:07

His mixing isn't the issue. If his viral load was really high, he'd be really poorly and not mixing. Because he'd be really poorly. Otherwise your elderlies could just as easily catch it from you.

I'm not sure you quite understand vaccination OP... this level of drama is nuts.

Be pissed off that he'll take up an HDU bed from someone awaiting cancer treatment if he gets really ill. Not the mixing - that's nonsensical

RosieRoww · 28/12/2021 16:08

Christ- you do realise that even having all the vaccines and boosters doesn't protect you to not catch the Covid?

Spotthedog91 · 28/12/2021 16:08

I wish we lived in a society where we weren't judged my our vaccine status.

I am not anti vax. I have chose not to get the covid vaccine, but my children are vaccinated against MMR etc.

I have chosen not to get this vaccine. I fully respect other people's decision to get the vaccine. Please respect my choice as I do yours. We will be in a better place in society if we all did this.

Againstmachine · 28/12/2021 16:10

*Blimey I touched some nerves here didn't I?

Time to get real folks..I have the right to an opinion same as you.

If you've refused vaccination you are beyond selfish

As long as elderly relatives don't get it from him and die as a result I am good.

I still think he is bloody selfish thought

Well aware that vaccinated people get it too...that's why I don't want unvaccinated idiots hanging round my vulnerable relatives.*

Ah here we go the real purpose of your post, I now doubt this unvaccinated person exists and is just something for you to start a thread over.

TinyTroubleMaker · 28/12/2021 16:10

To be fair, contracting covid almost definitely gives you better immunity than any number of vaccines

The unvaccinated are testing positive for Omicron at considerable lower rates than the vaccinated - because they are much more likely to have had a previous infection which is more protective against omicron than the vaccine

^^ this and this

Spotthedog91 · 28/12/2021 16:10

@cakeandcardio just look around you!!! Most people that are currently positive ARE VACCINATED!!! these vaccinated people will also spread the virus! Stop believing the bullshit "facts" you are being told and open your eyes.

RachC2021 · 28/12/2021 16:11

@Whiskyinajar

And yes I am pissed off as he mixed with the family, with a "bit of a cold" knowing he was unvaccinated. Forgive me for being annoyed about that.

And some of you need to learn to read before saying I am suggesting everyone should stay home. Do some reading about how viruses spread or have talk to some of the bereaved.

Sadly some of you won't get any understanding unless it affects you. ...and affects you badly.

I'd quite like to avoid that for my family thanks,

Out of this thread now and won't be responding anymore.

So he had symptoms and, as you later posted, didn’t test before socialising.

THAT is the problem.

He’s a selfish idiot for that. You have every right to be upset about that.

That’s a far bigger issue than him not being vaccinated.

LostForIdeas · 28/12/2021 16:11

@Whiskyinajar

Yes we did test....all of us did and he said he did too. But I've heard since that he didn't . He doesn't believe in it.
That’s a different situation than what you had in your OP though. You seem to be implying on each post that actually he is just unvaccinated ‘because he doesn’t want to’ but someone who is leaning towards conspiracy theories (vaccines are dangerous, testing doesn’t work etc etc….).

Many people on here who can’t see the issue are vaccinated (like myself. Even had the booster….). So people’s reaction might not just ‘touching a raw nerve’ from people who are unvaccinated.
Just saying….

LostForIdeas · 28/12/2021 16:13

It looks like this thread has touched a raw nerve with the OP though.
It seems that so many people not being up in arms didn’t land well with her.