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NHS staff making themselves unemployed by not having the Covid vaccine

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Harmonypuss Tue 18-Jan-22 22:14:40

I understand that it's everyone's personal choice whether to have the vaccine or not but do the people working in the NHS and refusing to have the vaccine realise that not only will they lose their jobs but the DWP won't be giving them unemployment benefits immediately because they will have (according to DWP rules) "made themselves unemployed".
Basically, anyone who loses their job because they've done something bad or not followed their employer's rules (in this case having the vaccine) will have benefits withheld for anything up to 6 months.
If people choose to take holidays abroad, they require a passport, if they choose to go to certain countries for those holidays they are required to have certain vaccinations, so if you choose to work in the NHS you have a responsibility to protect your own health and that of others, therefore it's a real no-brainer.
Surely, a quick vaccination is far preferable to being without cash for 6 months!

Sago Wed 19-Jan-22 09:48:34

Elaine1 Nowhere on the OP did I see a request that only NHS staff should comment!
I do apologise.

Sago Wed 19-Jan-22 09:43:33

Interesting data here.

www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/covid19deathsandautopsiesfeb2020todec2021

ElaineI Wed 19-Jan-22 09:33:53

There are a lot of comments here by people who are not NHS workers so have no actual knowledge about vaccinations NHS staff do or do not have to receive. Best not to comment if you don't work in NHS and don't actually know the facts. This is not about whether it is right or wrong to be vaccinated but about the actual rules for front line staff.

Sago Wed 19-Jan-22 09:27:34

loveOc I am amazed at how gullible we are, merrily rolling our sleeves up for a vaccination that has been pushed through clinical trials at astonishing speed.
The average time for NICE to approve a drug is 5 years!

Since my SIL has been ill we have heard dozens of stories of people that have had blood clots as a result of the vaccine.

Many fit and healthy young people have suffered pericarditis and myocarditis after jabs.

My SIL was a fit and healthy ex athlete (team GB)
He is now an ill man.

I am vaccinated twice, I will not have the third vaccine.

I would strongly advise anyone having the jabs to take a lateral flow test beforehand, it seems you are at greater risk of complications if you have the virus in your system.

maddyone Wed 19-Jan-22 09:20:10

A Google search will reveal a lot of information though.
I’m really sorry about your son in law.

maddyone Wed 19-Jan-22 09:19:10

I would but I can’t do links. I wish I could because I realise it would be helpful (not just on this thread) but I just don’t seem to be able to find a way to do it. I’m on the mobile site.

Sago Wed 19-Jan-22 09:15:46

Maddy please send a link.

maddyone Wed 19-Jan-22 09:11:06

The data is 14.9 per million for first dose of AZ vaccine, and 1.8 per million for second doses. This was for people under 40. There’s plenty of data out there, just look. I found those figures immediately.

love0c Wed 19-Jan-22 09:04:10

I think it is very worrying Sago. Healthy young people having these vaccines, when they do not need them.

Sago Wed 19-Jan-22 09:00:11

There is currently no data on the blood clots.

maddyone Wed 19-Jan-22 08:58:53

Blood clots are far more common after Covid than after the vaccine. I had to have scans when I was in hospital with Covid because I might have had blood clots on my lungs. In that instance I was lucky, no blood clots, but what I do have, a year on from being in hospital, is scarring on my lungs, left from the Covid and still there after my latest X-ray one year after leaving hospital. Covid has far worse consequences than vaccination for far more people than the vaccine. 150,000 dead to start with.

Sallywally1 Wed 19-Jan-22 08:54:47

I am an admin worker in general practice. All the doctors and nurses in the team were almost banging on the door, so to speak, to have the vaccine when it first appeared. I thought that they almost certainly know more than I do about such matters and followed their example. Everything medical has some sort of side effect; I have to take multiple anti hypertensives which I don’t really want to have to take, but rather that than have a stroke!

Sparklefizz Wed 19-Jan-22 08:54:33

BUPA told him blood clots were common after the vaccines.

They are also common after catching Covid.

love0c Wed 19-Jan-22 08:50:56

One of DIL's suddenly developed headaches. They started so suddenly and so sever she was hospitalised twice in a matter of weeks. She was diagnosed with 'CVT' headaches and told she had probably had a small blood clot but it did not show up on a scan, which she eventfully had. Had she have had a scan straight away, would it have shown up? This happened quite shortly after having had the pfizer vaccine. She appears now.

JaneJudge Wed 19-Jan-22 08:48:30

They did this with carers and we cannot employ people now. I think it's a really bad idea

Sago Wed 19-Jan-22 08:33:56

My SIL has two blood clots one on each lung after his 2nd vaccine.
The NHS have not been able to honour his next appointment to do another scan, he contacted his private health provider who said he is not covered as the vaccine is experimental.

He is now unable to travel abroad for work, taking a drug that gives him dreadful side effects and will be a few thousand pounds lighter as he is paying himself for scans and a haematologist.

BUPA told him blood clots were common after the vaccines.
There is no come back.

Lincslass Wed 19-Jan-22 08:33:38

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Urmstongran Wed 19-Jan-22 08:16:42

I’m on the fence over this to be honest. I’m vaccinated so I’ve hopefully protected myself as far as. The unvaccinated people I don’t feel they put me at risk. I could catch it from anyone. Those who don’t get themselves vaccinated are more likely to take up hospital beds with Covid and as the NHS has such a huge backlog at present, that does seem selfish - gambling over stretched NHS resources needing a bed and staff.

MerylStreep Wed 19-Jan-22 08:12:02

I’m pretty certain Sajid Javid is looking for the long grass to kick this can into.

Allsorts Wed 19-Jan-22 08:04:52

Best they go. If they can’t have the vaccine, don’t employ them.,

love0c Wed 19-Jan-22 08:03:54

I have my doubts anybody will be sacked. It is safe to work and be treated by unvaccinated people during a pandemic in the winter but not safe to work and be treated by unvaccinated people in the summer after the pandemic??? Ridiculous. I tend to think they have thought about this now and hence, will make sure it is all over before the sackings have to start.

AmberSpyglass Wed 19-Jan-22 07:59:48

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Knittynatter Wed 19-Jan-22 06:51:17

Sorry - well SAID!! ?‍♀️

Knittynatter Wed 19-Jan-22 06:50:57

AmberSpyglass

I’d rather not be treated by someone whose critical thinking is so poor they don’t have a vaccine during a pandemic.

Well sad!

Harmonypuss Wed 19-Jan-22 05:00:16

@Twinlolly

Those who have had the experimental 'vaccine' also can infect their patients. The 'vaccine' does NOT STOP people from spreading the virus.

No, the vaccine doesn't stop the virus but every doctor I hear on the radio, tv or even face to face says that...

If you're vaccinated, you're 'less likely' to contract Covid than if you're not vaccinated and you will have milder symptoms, thus meaning that you're 'less likely' to pass it on and if you do, you're passing on a weaker strain than someone unvaccinated would.

Therefore, for our own protection and that of others, it's far more sensible to have the vaccine than not. Already, in the 12/13 months the vaccine has been available it has drastically cut the number of hospitalisations and ultimately deaths, if this virus was only being passed between vaccinated people it would soon become far less dangerous but whilst there are still unvaccinated people spreading it around were going to continue to see deaths caused by it.