Whomever put Kinoco Hotel in my yt algorithm last year, BLESS YOU this band is my jam.
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Had an anxiety attack at work so I went home. 
I hate having to grow up feeling like if I’m not doing good at a job then I’m shit and deserve to die.
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Ah thank you for that, I’m doing a little better. Currently job searching since this one is getting to me mentally.
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I read both comments so fucking wrong.
Left my old job because it was escalating into requiring getting vaccination. Found a 100% remote job with a new company and now they require all employees, remote or not, to get fully jabbed 
Illogical? Yes. Unexpected? No.
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tell them you’ll be seeking legal action if this wasn’t outlined at the time of your hiring, or send this first -
I also heard (but I haven’t 2x checked since) that inactivated virus covid vaccine won’t be approved in the US until 2022, if you can tell them to piss off until that one becomes available, they might change their mind.
I fucking hate this shit, I know enough fully vaccinated people at this point who were in much better health than me who ended up with heavy hitting covid, with some of them taking more than a month to recover.
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I’m sorry you’re feeling coerced. That really sucks. Out of interest, do they allow prior infection to waive the requirement? US (I assume) policy kind of baffles me from a public health (i.e. physical, psychological, social) standpoint.
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They actually just hosted a presentation basically telling unvaccinated people to f*** off. Their excuse is that the company is a federal contractor to the government so we must follow the executive order with no exceptions. Doesn’t matter if you’re willing to get tested frequently (which I’m not anyways) or if you already caught covid and have antibodies. They also straight up admitted that they don’t want to lose the US government as a customer, so they made it crystal clear where their priorities are.
I don’t think pressuring them with legal action to keep my job will do anything because of their stance, but I will 100% be filing a lawsuit the moment they cut me. I’ve seen a ton of people creating a joint lawsuit against these companies who are enacting mandates and I plan on joining one too.
I’m gonna try the medical/religious exemption route first even though it’s unlikely to get approval. Been hearing a lot of military people have been applying to avoid getting vaxxed ever since they’ve been required to get it, and, of course, getting denied.
I went to a rally/protest yesterday and met a lady that was in the nursing field for a long time (20 some years or so) and she was cut because of her refusal to get the vaccine. It pisses me off too especially since they’re not going to keep accountabilty for any negative health effects or, hell, possibly even death. I’m sorry to hear that. I also heard a lot of people I know having health issues post vaccine. Some have even passed away.
There are metrics from the CDC that show a rise in abnormal deaths related to increased numbers of vaccines administered. And yet, these numbers are ignored and the focus is always on the 10% that have refused to get vaxxed.
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Thanks. It does suck since I do like my new job, but I guess this is just how times are. Thought finding a 100% remote job would solve that dilemma.
Just found out today that they don’t. Correct, US I am from. Our healthcare system has always been not great. Curious to hear your thoughts, what about it baffles you?
Ah, I’m not going to be saying anything revolutionary. The thing that baffles me is that the US (and by this I include all sides of the political spectrum) seems absolutely set on further politicising vaccination and healthcare, rather than instead taking steps concurrent with reality to achieve the goal of endemicity of the virus with the minimal burden on healthcare, the economy, etc. The “this is fine” from every angle in regards to folding covid vaccination into culture war cloth feels confusing and dystopian as an outsider. Feels like taking the worst route to anything in that it has severe negative consequences for physical health, for psychological health, for social health, and for economic health.
My own viewpoint (and I don’t think it’s going to come as a surprise to anyone) is that except in rare situations, receiving a vaccine is a thing to be encouraged because it allows people to generate a less unpredictable level of antibodies and minimises the disease burden as compared to mass infection of immunologically naïve hosts. However, even with coercive methods you’re never going to get 100% uptake by those eligible under any circumstances (which I think is fine), and at that point, I’m bewildered by then just not taking a route that has basis in the reality on the ground, and instead choosing to continue making an already fraught situation worse.
I think vaccine mandates are unconscionable, that not providing alternative methods of reducing severity if mitigation is desired (e.g. asyptomatic testing, remote working) is foolish, and that the religious exemption route risks making aforementioned politicisation way, way worse.
Just, sucks to see and I’m sorry you (specifically, and generally) are in that position. I hope that you are able to find something that suits you better sooner rather than later.
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You must be a teen. Seriously, you don’t need to validate yourself by putting other people down. 
I totally agree with you. Makes you think if maybe they have alterior motives 
. The state of Pennsylvania has actually filed a lawsuit for that very argument:
"A Pennsylvania lawsuit argues that receiving or declining a vaccine has become a political act, and when employers compel employees to get vaccinated, they are forcing employees to engage in political speech, a violation of the First Amendment, the freedom of speech.
Don’t wanna open a can of worms, but with all the crazy mandates it makes you wonder who they’re really looking out for. Small businesses (my parents included) are suffering from less sales, people are losing jobs, and there’s more division amongst people as they fight each other over whether you should get the vaccine or not.
Can only hope things loosen up eventualy and get better. Thanks I hope so too. And thanks for sharing your thoughts. It was interesting to get some outside perspective.
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I was curious in regards to their reasoning (last time I’ve seen this discussed someone said that insurance companies are the ones doing the push, such as slapping an $50/month premium on unvaccinated people as a starting measure), but it’s much simpler and kinda more imperative in your case.
there’re at least eleven states right now preparing a lawsuit against the federal government opposing the mandated vaccination. I hope you can find a reasonable and safe middle ground, with the federal state being pushed out of rolling the mandate nation-wide - I never support republican invoked initiatives, but in this case it’s something I think must be scrapped because of the highly questionable practices, the obvious and really well documented corruption, and questionable quality and lack of choice with the vaccine supply involved.
I’m not even surprised by the CDC deaths data, no matter how vague it is, but the thing with covid statistics is that it is a “horrifying, never seen before disease” until it’s time to collect and gather exact population breakdowns, and suddenly the majority of deaths are specific to octogenarians, while the vaccination is recommended to everyone starting with pre-schoolers. /vent
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I think ulterior motives is exactly it. Who benefits from stoking cultural conflict? It’s certainly not you, your parents, or the people seriously ill or dying.
Honestly American media on COVID-19 is absolutely deranged. Having one side be “this is all a hoax” and the other side being so apocalyptically terrified that they’re desperate to vaccinate healthy five year olds in non-vulnerable families to prevent catastrophe and wearing masks outdoors is very very not good.
I guess it’s part of a bigger issue, but as a physician it is an absolute horror show of a situation to imagine healthcare being politicised like that, rather than just, well, healthcare.
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I don’t think teen this days is normal.
Rats alway think he know everything when he no have idea what he doing. I remember when I am teen no like this asshole this time. Every generation bring some shit new.
The kids are alright
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Maybe if Americans fought for some more worker’s rights and democracy at the workplace, they wouldn’t have to deal so much with being told what to do by their employers. The government couldn’t do that through your employer either.
It’s the summer of 2007. You just heard the debut single from Versailles. There is excitement in the air! You can feel it
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#reminiscing2007
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