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To the non-vaxxers who work for the NHS- do we have a leg to stand on?

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LMonkey · 05/11/2021 16:55

So it's looking like vaccines will become mandatory for all NHS workers from April next year...where on earth can we go fro here?
I really dont want to get in to a vaccine debate. I have strong feelings as to why I don't want the vaccine. I'm a med sec and don't see any patients any way, or go anywhere near them. But regardless of this I strongly feel NOBODY should be forced to have any vaccine. Do we have a leg to stand on? I mean it's not lawful to force an employee to have a vaccine but if the government make it compulsory for nhs staff is there any way round it do you think? This really is causing me enormous amounts of stress. I really don't know what to do (please don't anyone say "get the vaccine"). I'd love to hear from others in the same boat or from a legal standpoint.

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lemmein · 06/11/2021 10:06

@MrsTulipTattsyrup

The OP has now stated that covid is “obviously a man made virus”.

Stand down, everyone; we’re all wasting our time with sense and stats.

The only people I’ve heard this from are the lost tribes of conspiracy theorists. We’re not going to change the OP’s mind, no matter what we say.

Eh? The virus started in Wuhan where gain of function experiments on coronaviruses are being performed. It's hardly a huge conspiracy to suggest covid is likely the result of a lab-leak of a man-made virus rather than from eating a bat Hmm
lemmein · 06/11/2021 10:11

[quote ineedsun]@lemmein

Before I started my health course I had to go to the OT who asked about my BCG because I don't have a scar at all, I told her I'd had it, she took my word for it.

I did have the hepB vaccine from the OT though.

I hope on your course you go onto learn about the difference between occupational health and occupational therapy which are completely different jobs. (Unless you get an OT working in occupational health in which case they wouldn’t be giving injections)[/quote]
Thanks for your reply - it really added to the discussion.

LMonkey · 06/11/2021 10:12

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Bringonthepjs · 06/11/2021 10:14

But none that have been developed quickly within a year following what is obviously a man made virus where the drug companies won't accept liability.

Ah, you are that kind of anti vaxxer.....whatever

MrsTulipTattsyrup · 06/11/2021 10:14

@lemmein

I refer you to the OP’s post above, where she uses the conspiracy word and mentions Bill Gates.

No further questions, m’lud.

anon12345678901 · 06/11/2021 10:17

Ahh you're one of those 😂

LMonkey · 06/11/2021 10:18

@TrevorFountain

But none that have been developed quickly within a year following what is obviously a man made virus where the drug companies won't accept liability.

Do lots of your fellow medical secretary colleagues feel like this, and believe this, out of interest?

I don't work closely with a load of other secretaries. I haven't asked the ones that I know. I assume most of them have had it.

I have a close friend who's a med sec who feels the same as me.

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gamerchick · 06/11/2021 10:18

Ah haven't heard wor bill brought up for ages. Makes you feel fuzzy inside Angry

Lakes74 · 06/11/2021 10:19

@LMonkey

So it's looking like vaccines will become mandatory for all NHS workers from April next year...where on earth can we go fro here? I really dont want to get in to a vaccine debate. I have strong feelings as to why I don't want the vaccine. I'm a med sec and don't see any patients any way, or go anywhere near them. But regardless of this I strongly feel NOBODY should be forced to have any vaccine. Do we have a leg to stand on? I mean it's not lawful to force an employee to have a vaccine but if the government make it compulsory for nhs staff is there any way round it do you think? This really is causing me enormous amounts of stress. I really don't know what to do (please don't anyone say "get the vaccine"). I'd love to hear from others in the same boat or from a legal standpoint.
I sympathise with the position you may be put in and agree with you.

Ignore all the sanctimonious and judgemental people on here.

FatCottonBuds · 06/11/2021 10:19

Answers everything @Tulip

gamerchick · 06/11/2021 10:20

That should have been a Grin

You have a choice OP, get it or find another job. You have until April after all.

Bringonthepjs · 06/11/2021 10:21

It just baffles me when people still cite long term damage when we are all having boosters now as the affects of the vaccine are waning! Do you not join the dots OP or too busy down your conspiracy rabbit hole? Just get the flippin vaccine if you want to keep your job it's very simple really

Floralnomad · 06/11/2021 10:21

I don’t think the OP even works for the NHS I think the entire thread has been a ruse to get out her conspiracy theory clap trap .

LMonkey · 06/11/2021 10:22

@Bringonthepjs

But none that have been developed quickly within a year following what is obviously a man made virus where the drug companies won't accept liability.

Ah, you are that kind of anti vaxxer.....whatever

What kind of anti-vaxxer? One that questions something that we're all being pushed to have injected in our body??

Ahh you're that kind of human, the kind that never questions anything, never doubts the government, does what your told, refuses to look at the bigger picture. OPEN YOUR EYES

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JassyRadlett · 06/11/2021 10:22

The graph you’ve posted a link to is also based on estimates, and even if it was accurate it still shows, for example in the 40s age group which the OP may well be, that you’re just as likely to catch it, and therefore spread it if you’re vaccinated or unvaccinated.

Yes, I literally said that they are all estimates in the preceding posts. Precise population figures do not exist.

On the age group around 40s - this is where the other potential confounders (as set out in the report you misused) come in. I set out one of them - the current outbreak is very concentrated in teenagers and what is very likely to be their parents. Parents as a demographic group may have different vaccine uptake to non-parents (they show different behaviours across many different fields), as well as the known issues that the vaccinated and unvaccinated are not identical behavioural groups, and the issue I raised earlier about recent infection as a reason for non-vaccination which may mean the unvaccinated group is disproportionately less immunologically naive than the overall national infection rates might suggest if distributed evenly.

There’s also a weird and interesting socioeconomic flip going on at the moment. The current wave is really weirdly distributed. Again, we know different socioeconomic groups have different vaccination levels.

So many reasons you can’t use those figures to determine vaccine effectiveness based on raw case rates.

I’m guessing you don’t believe the data on the Yellow Card reporting website aswell relating to side effects.

On what are you basing that statement?

I can’t remember the names of the scientists who said they aren’t effective against transmission recently but they said any effect they may have reducing transmission drops off after 3 months.

Ah ok, yes that is based on household transmission studies. I linked upthread.

All I’m saying is that new information and data is becoming available all the time and people have a right to be cautious if they want to be.

No, that is not all you are saying. You were misrepresenting official data in a way the publishers said the data should not be used, drawing conclusions from it that cannot be supported by that data and stating them as fact. That’s misinformation, and it is reasonable to expect to be challenged or it.

Please stop insinuating I’m anti-Vaxx as I’m very much not.

I have made no insinuations. I have very openly and clearly said you were using data in a way that it could not be accurately used, and that in doing so you were spreading misinformation. Your motives for that are less interesting to me than not letting the misinformation stand unchallenged.

Ghoulette · 06/11/2021 10:23

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ineedsun · 06/11/2021 10:23

@lemmein

Might not have added to this discussion but if you work in healthcare it’s concerning that you don’t know the difference so hopefully your practice will improve moving forward.

Bringonthepjs · 06/11/2021 10:26

Im vaccinated and just lost a (vaccinated) friend who has died following covid jab complications. His brother is also very ill for same reason.

Incredible coincidence that someone antivaxx just happens to know of 2 people who have actually died from having the vaccine, incredible!

Bringonthepjs · 06/11/2021 10:26

Sorry one but another very ill

LMonkey · 06/11/2021 10:29

@Floralnomad

I don’t think the OP even works for the NHS I think the entire thread has been a ruse to get out her conspiracy theory clap trap .
Honestly I'm not usually big on conspiracy theories. I wasn't going to bring up anything about it on here. I was genuinely looking for support and advice (as per my op). However people rushed to judge didn't they. And it becomes infuriatingly clear that people state all their knowledge and 'facts' without considering what else is POSSIBLY happening. I am genuinely open minded, I am considering all possibilities about all of this. I actually don't want to believe conspiracies, but they are there and they are possible. I just get frustrated when others can't be open minded too.
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Bluntness100 · 06/11/2021 10:29

Yeah I think this was all just so the op could spread her conspiracy theory nonsense.

Bluntness100 · 06/11/2021 10:30

Honestly I'm not usually big on conspiracy theories

Lol. Sure you’re not 😂

anon12345678901 · 06/11/2021 10:32

@Bluntness100

Yeah I think this was all just so the op could spread her conspiracy theory nonsense.
I think you're right! Unfortunately for OP, it makes her sound a tad unhinged...
Bringonthepjs · 06/11/2021 10:32

And it becomes infuriatingly clear that people state all their knowledge and 'facts' without considering what else is POSSIBLY happening

So what else is 'possibly' happening? We had a public health crisis, we have dealt with it by the whole world coming together offering the best science and expertise money can buy and you are looking for other possibilities?? I just don't get people like you I really don't ...

TreborBore · 06/11/2021 10:33

OP, your language suggests that you are an anti vaxer, or if you are not, that you have been internalizing antivax propaganda on social media. I suspect that nothing anyone says to you will change your mind on the vaccine. The point of this thread was to whip up outrage about the government removing your choice to vaccinate or not by the threat of removing you from your job.

So I am not sure if I should bother to continue to engage. If you are genuinely trying to navigate this situation with health anxiety, it is not a nice situation for you, so on the off chance that you are genuine I will have one last try.

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