Daisy Joyce

That statement is also correct. My original assertion was that when I received the measles vaccine a few years ago, I didn’t have to wear a mask afterwards to do everyday tasks and everyday errands.

You do if you're caring for a patient with those diseases. It's part of airborne precautions. That’s correct. In a care setting. Not everyday life.

See, I’ve taken flu and measles vaccines in the last several years, but never wore a mask afterwards.

Has there been another vaccine where people still had to wear masks and social distance from *everybody* before?

Don’t worry about being a good person. Simply make the right decisions when they’re presented to you

There are no long term safety or efficacy data available.

The CDC is making no claims that the way to get back to normal is through vaccine. You still must mask and social distance even after vaccine.

While the chart upthread is very nice and professional sounding, The vaccine *was* rushed. Meaning it went to market the fastest of any vaccine before this. For a disease that at the time was less than a year old. So it comes down to your definition of “rushed”. There is no long term safety data. Fertility studies aren’t completed yet.

https://www.CDC.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html The CDC says to wear a mask because you can still spread the virus after getting the vaccine.

According to the CDC, Covid19 vaccine does not prevent transmission of the virus.

We had a time when we had several patients with severe behaviors all ar the same time. Screaming, stripping, demanding to be toileted every 20-30 minutes. Naturally, this made the nursing staff looked really bad. Management didn’t care. If a staff member called out, we couldn’t get coverage because CNAs would rather tighten their belt and live on ramen noodles than come in to work only to be tormented and overwhelmed. It finally got resolved because somebody called the State inspectors on us and management was able to magically be able to afford more staff.

My skin was getting irritated under the mask, but now I put on Vaseline and it really helps. (not a paid endorsement)

My work place is split nearly 50/50 on getting the vaccine. I’m not taking it. But co-workers have been courteous and minding their own business about other peoples decisions. Management is unhappy with the poor vaccine acceptance rate, but ATM haven’t made any threatening gestures, just a lot of propaganda posters everywhere

Ah yes, you must work at a mystical, magical Covid-free hospital. Lucky ???

My own wee “straw poll” at work also indicates that most of us won’t be taking the vaccine, and are willing to leave nursing. And in reply to an above poster, we are willing to mask up, and we are willing to continue to care for Covid19 patients.