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I'm vaccinated but anti-mandate.

by twox2 5y ago

bravetraveler 5y ago
I'm finding myself similarly... Feel free to gloss over this, I'm processing if nothing else. I made my own decision early on that vaccination wasn't significant for me. I had been exposed [and a very mild case] due to forced travel during that window where we knew COVID existed, but acted like it had not yet entered the country. Natural immunity plus the fact that I live alone, never go out, and have been remote since before the pandemic... it wasn't a high priority for me. I felt reasonably safe and unlikely to spread it should it find me again. It was all to comply with federal mandates for contractors - my employer decided that this should apply to all [including remote] employees. It was more than a little inconvenient going out of my way to get vaccinated for arguably little gain. I might even say added risk in my case. The reporting process alone made me miss several deadlines. Asinine things like not being able to confirm my vaccination status until it sat in my veins for two weeks.
- twox2 5y ago
  In the early days I was all for it, especially when it looked like vaccinated people would not be spreading this thing, but more recently we have devolved completely into irrational hygiene theater. The mandates will not move the needle and serve no purpose at this time.
  - bravetraveler 5y ago
    Same here - I was all for it, encouraged many people at risk to get ahead of it. Your comment combined with mine made me realize... I (and the people I work with) played a big part in this theater. As a federal contractor, when the federal mandate came down... those employees had to be vaccinated. The employer conveniently pushed this policy to the other 200k+ employees. It was all a scheme to boost the vaccination rates and push this cart along faster -- the results never mattered. It facilitated this... 'everything is normal/okay, the unvaccinated are the ones to blame' narrative. Woefully lacking in attention in so many ways
    - twox2 5y ago
      The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when we fired all of the unvaccinated nurses amid the Omicron spike, and then CDC lowered the quarantine to 5 days and hospitals made sick workers come to work. So yes, let's fire folks that want to work, but force sick (contagious) people into work. It makes 0 sense.
    - aakresearch 5y ago
      >> played a big part in this theater. May I extend a big "Thank you" to you and GP for recognizing and admitting this. You have now contributed to the restoration of trust in society in a great way. At least for me, personally :) To be clear, you were in the full right to choose whatever treatment you wanted for whatever reason. The blame here is squarely on those who threw the wrong reason (threat of force) into the mix - they should have thought more about unintended consequences of their mandates.

I'm vaccinated but anti-mandate.

by twox2 5y ago

I'm vaccinated but anti-mandate.

I'm finding myself similarly... Feel free to gloss over this, I'm processing if nothing else. I made my own decision early on that vaccination wasn't significant for me. I had been exposed [and a very mild case] due to forced travel during that window where we knew COVID existed, but acted like it had not yet entered the country. Natural immunity plus the fact that I live alone, never go out, and have been remote since before the pandemic... it wasn't a high priority for me. I felt reasonably safe and unlikely to spread it should it find me again. It was all to comply with federal mandates for contractors - my employer decided that this should apply to all [including remote] employees. It was more than a little inconvenient going out of my way to get vaccinated for arguably little gain. I might even say added risk in my case. The reporting process alone made me miss several deadlines. Asinine things like not being able to confirm my vaccination status until it sat in my veins for two weeks.

twox2 5y ago
In the early days I was all for it, especially when it looked like vaccinated people would not be spreading this thing, but more recently we have devolved completely into irrational hygiene theater. The mandates will not move the needle and serve no purpose at this time.
- bravetraveler 5y ago
  Same here - I was all for it, encouraged many people at risk to get ahead of it. Your comment combined with mine made me realize... I (and the people I work with) played a big part in this theater. As a federal contractor, when the federal mandate came down... those employees had to be vaccinated. The employer conveniently pushed this policy to the other 200k+ employees. It was all a scheme to boost the vaccination rates and push this cart along faster -- the results never mattered. It facilitated this... 'everything is normal/okay, the unvaccinated are the ones to blame' narrative. Woefully lacking in attention in so many ways
  - twox2 5y ago
    The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when we fired all of the unvaccinated nurses amid the Omicron spike, and then CDC lowered the quarantine to 5 days and hospitals made sick workers come to work. So yes, let's fire folks that want to work, but force sick (contagious) people into work. It makes 0 sense.
  - aakresearch 5y ago
    >> played a big part in this theater. May I extend a big "Thank you" to you and GP for recognizing and admitting this. You have now contributed to the restoration of trust in society in a great way. At least for me, personally :) To be clear, you were in the full right to choose whatever treatment you wanted for whatever reason. The blame here is squarely on those who threw the wrong reason (threat of force) into the mix - they should have thought more about unintended consequences of their mandates.