I am trying to feel out if anyone else has declined the Covid vaccine and feeling backlash or tension with other co-workers? I have never heard so much discussion regarding nurse receiving or declining a vaccine in the 12 years I've been a nurse. Not sure why it should even matter but, I am getting a lot of pressure about it. I do not see why I am "crazy " if I made the decision against receiving the vaccine. I also do not understand co-workers pushing the vaccine on me and others, or insisting we are out of our minds. This is coming from management level as well as staff nurses. I am just appalled at the treatment and many of us who have declined the vaccine have kept to ourselves. For me, personally, I made the choice not to get it and I was done at that. It's been a month into our hospital vaccines and people will not just shut up about it.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
20 minutes ago, GrumpyRN said:
A 30 second Google tells you that what you wrote is nonsense. Here's a quick one I found, with link.
For those who don't read past the headlines, a concerning narrative appears — "Fifteen deaths after coronavirus vaccination," "Deaths at care home after coronavirus vaccine," "Volunteer in vaccine trial dies after COVID-19 vaccine."
In each case, there's more to the story than meets the eye. DW reviewed several cases in Germany, Spain, the United States, Norway, Belgium, and Peru, finding that in all cases experts from multiple health authorities could not find causal links between the vaccination and deaths.
So if you are not going to do even minimal research then please walk off your own pier.
This is like the conversation I had with an antivaxxer who was convinced untold numbers of children die every year from vaccines. I shrugged and said "You know I did hear about 3 year old who died shortly after receiving a vaccine!" See I told you! "Well she was hit by a car when she got home from the clinic."
This is like the conversation I had with an antivaxxer who was convinced untold numbers of children die every year from vaccines. I shrugged and said "You know I did hear about 3 year old who died shortly after receiving a vaccine!" See I told you! "Well she was hit by a car when she got home from the clinic."
Hppy
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1 hour ago, Tammy Purdie said:
I chose not to get the vaccine due to people dying from it. I will wait it out. Whoever doesn't agree, well, you can take a long walk off a short pier!
Remember, you have to take tiny steps if it's a short pier to make it a long walk ?????
I chose not to get the vaccine due to people dying from it. I will wait it out. Whoever doesn't agree, well, you can take a long walk off a short pier!
It’s not a matter of disagreeing. What you wrote is absolutely rubbish. If you are a nurse you should know better.
We can also acknowledge when the stated viewpoints of others are based in anecdote and anxiety rather than in facts or expert scientific analysis of the data.
Not one of you has presented a single fact. You’re all giving opinions, do you not recognize that?
We can go back and forth all day.
I have yet to see one peer reviewed study or statistic that shows the vaccine is effective at preventing infection or transmission posted in this thread.
I asked to show me the data that the vaccine works. Your statements are based on assumptions that the vaccine works as a typical vaccine, which it does not.
If the vaccine prevented transmission and infection I would get it. The facts show otherwise.
Prove us wrong. We can wait.
I think every nurse has to use his or her nursing judgment about getting the vaccine or not.
1. The vaccine was approved for emergency use - pure and simple.
2. There are valid concerns for not getting the vaccine whether it is due to medical reasons, pregnancy, etc. If there is a valid reason, then no - people shouldn’t be made to feel like their decision is wrong.
3. There is always a risk versus benefit with anything like this.
4. I think everyone recognizes that the pandemic has caused a lot of uncertainty, demonstrated the faults in the healthcare system that have been there for quite some time, etc.
5. I still think we will need to utilize PPE for quite some time, considering that different research is coming out almost daily with concerns about if the vaccines will truly cover the variants or not. I think the vaccine, covid precautions, PPE, etc require common sense and logic just like everything else.
I chose not to get the vaccine due to people dying from it. I will wait it out. Whoever doesn't agree, well, you can take a long walk off a short pier!
"I got very sick" vs "I had a very robust immune response." I'll go with the glass half full!
[FWIW, I'm one of those rarest of beings. I've received both the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and Pfizer vaccine. And, yes, I had a robust immune response after Pfizer first shot, but it was over within 18 hours. Nothing after Johnson & Johnson shot and Pfizer second shot.]
Specializes in Pediatrics and developmental disabilities.
I work in the medical field and was going to get the vaccine, however after reading the paperwork you are required to fill out it clearly states emergency use approved but NOT FDA APPROVED. It also stated that long term side effects were unknown due to still being in clinical trials, that it may or may not protect against covid-19, and that if injury occurs due to the vaccine it is NOT covered under the vaccine injury program since it is NOT FDA APPROVED. After reading and re- reading the paperwork carefully I chose not to get the vaccine. People at work have asked if I got it I told them absolutely not and that I have enough health problems right now and it is my choice to get it or not.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
16 hours ago, UndecidedDuke16 said:
I have yet to see one peer reviewed study or statistic that shows the vaccine is effective at preventing infection or transmission posted in this thread.
Well to be fair you haven't shown us any peer reviewed studies to prove your claims either! I'll show you mine if you show me yours,
Specializes in Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice.
I got vaccinated. My second dose made me sick as hell. Fever, chills, palpitations, shortness of breath, body aches, nausea and passive suicidal ideation. Both my body and mind were not okay. I didn't eat all day and took tiny sips of warm water. The next day I felt completely better and was proud of myself for protecting my patients.
But for this reason I feel like it's wrong to bully someone for not wanting the vaccine.
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hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I
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This is like the conversation I had with an antivaxxer who was convinced untold numbers of children die every year from vaccines. I shrugged and said "You know I did hear about 3 year old who died shortly after receiving a vaccine!" See I told you! "Well she was hit by a car when she got home from the clinic."
Hppy