Are you willing to get the Covid vaccine when offered? (5 Viewers)

[bigdaddysaints]

I agree its not the best policy right now. They should at least have it for the employees who are vaccined.

 

[DaveXA]

It seems that in my unique case, there should be other options (company provided).
Do you think it is fair to ask a person to work for free?

Well, it's illegal, so no, it isn't fair and they shouldn't do it. I agree with other options, but if I'm not afforded those other options, I'd either stay home until I finish the required quarantine or I look for another company who treats their employees better.

 

[UK SAINTS]

terrible things can happen with best intentions.
And you would do your best? lol I would hope you absolutley would keep away from others.... "Sorry i got your husband sick and he died, i TIRED to stay away from him, but i had work to do"... I wonder if Hallmark makes a card for that?.

If I have been vaccinated (as have the other employees) and am asymptomatic, what are the odds of that happening?
Like I said, if I'm not feeling well enough to work, I wouldn't be there.
Or are you just wanting to continue to argue?

 

[bigdaddysaints]

If I have been vaccinated (as have the other employees) and am asymptomatic, what are the odds of that happening?
Like I said, if I'm not feeling well enough to work, I wouldn't be there.
Or are you just wanting to continue to argue?

Have at it buddy. Infect as many was you want. Nothing i can do about it...

 

[UK SAINTS]

Have at it buddy. Infect as many was you want. Nothing i can do about it...

Just trying to get you to be realistic...looks like I failed.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

Just trying to get you to be realistic...looks like I failed.

in more ways than one.

 

[UK SAINTS]

I agree its not the best policy right now. They should at least have it for the employees who are vaccined.

It looked as though you were starting to be realistic here, BTW.

 

[UK SAINTS]

in more ways than one.

LOL. In YOUR judgement. For this, I will certainly not lose any sleep.

 

[itztime]

Horrible policy, just invites those that are sick to come into work. At this point in the game with the latest variant vaccinated and un-vaccinated are both coming down sick, so how can you penalize the un-vaccinated? Perhaps offer x amount of days to the un-vaccinated with maybe the average amount of days a vaccinated person is sick for, than the remaining days you are on your own, at least that way you kept them out of the building and a negative test lets them back in.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

If you are trying to get me to say i agree with you going to work knowingly Covid positive and potentionally infecting others, then yes, you have failed.

 

[DaveXA]

Just trying to get you to be realistic...looks like I failed.

The thing is, testing positive and staying home whether you're paid or not should be realistic. I understand some people might not think it is, but it should be imo. Ultimately, to each his own, which is why I end up wearing masks at my workplace because I don't trust some of the people in my office to make smart decisions. I'm fortunate enough that currently we're all teleworking. But if we were in the office, I'd be in the corner and rope off my area.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

Horrible policy, just invites those that are sick to come into work. At this point in the game with the latest variant vaccinated and un-vaccinated are both coming down sick, so how can you penalize the un-vaccinated? Perhaps offer x amount of days to the un-vaccinated with maybe the average amount of days a vaccinated person is sick for, than the remaining days you are on your own, at least that way you kept them out of the building and a negative test lets them back in.

I am hoping they back track on it. We have HR meeting on Thursdays, and hopefully there will be a discussion on it.

 

[UK SAINTS]

The thing is, testing positive and staying home whether you're paid or not should be realistic. I understand some people might not think it is, but it should be imo. Ultimately, to each his own, which is why I end up wearing masks at my workplace because I don't trust some of the people in my office to make smart decisions. I'm fortunate enough that currently we're all teleworking. But if we were in the office, I'd be in the corner and rope off my area.

I appreciate (and respect) your opinion. And yes, as I said previously, I'd take precautions against affecting anyone else.
Another place where it seems that I've failed is to make the point that this should be the company's cost (not the employee's).

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Are you "Vaxxed and Done" or "Vaxxed and Cautious"?

Why More Americans Are Saying They’re ‘Vaxxed and Done’

COVID has always divided Americans. The Omicron wave is even dividing the vaccinated.

www.theatlantic.com

A virus that seems both pervasive and mild offers an opening to people who are, let’s call them, “vaxxed and done.” The attitude of the VADs is this:

For more than a year, I did everything that public-health authorities told me to do. I wore masks. I canceled vacations. I made sacrifices. I got vaccinated. I got boosted. I’m happy to get boosted again. But this virus doesn’t stop. Year over year, the infections don’t decrease. Instead, virulence for people like me is decreasing, either because the virus is changing, or because of growing population immunity, or both. Americans should stop pointlessly guilting themselves about all these cases. In the past week, daily confirmed COVID cases per capita were higher than the U.S. in Ireland, Greece, Iceland, Denmark, France, the U.K., Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and even Australia, one of the most COVID-cautious countries in the world. As the coronavirus continues its unstoppable march toward endemicity, our attitude toward the virus should follow a similar path toward stoicism. COVID is becoming something like the seasonal flu for most people who keep up with their shots, so I’m prepared to treat this like I’ve treated the flu: by basically not worrying about it and living my life normally.

But there is an opposing group. Let’s call them the “vaxxed and cautious.” Here’s my best summary of their perspective:

Why on earth would we suddenly relax measures now, during the largest statistical wave of COVID ever recorded in the U.S.? We shouldn’t treat Omicron like any old seasonal flu, because it’s not like any old seasonal flu. It’s likely deadlier for those without immunity and almost certainly several times more transmissible for everybody else. We have no idea what the effects of Omicron on long COVID will be, but evidence of lingering symptoms should make us wary of just letting tens of millions of people get needlessly infected. Moreover, the health-care system is already worn down and at risk of being overloaded. Record-high caseloads are societally debilitating, creating long chains of infections that are bound to reach some immunocompromised people and the elderly, thus causing needless death. For all these reasons, we should take individual measures to throttle the spread of this virus.

I am (very) Vaxxed and Done

 

[UK SAINTS]

If you are trying to get me to say i agree with you going to work knowingly Covid positive and potentionally infecting others, then yes, you have failed.

No, not at all. You have every right to your opinion. I was just asking to be realistic about the potential of it happening in the case that I stated.