I appreciate the benefits that the vaccination offers and the potential harm that the virus can cause. I understand that the vaccine has been made available so quickly due to the collaboration of people who would not normally work together. I get that lockdown restrictions have only started to be lifted due to the fantastic vaccination roll out programme. I get all the points that people highlight when I say I would prefer not to have the vaccination.
For me personally. I am not over keen on taking medicine and only take 1 paracetamol at a time for a headache. Don’t get me wrong I’m not my body is a temple kind of person as I drink and eat all the wrong things, but I am over cautious when it comes to medication. I pay too much attention to the potential side effects. Coming from a family with a history of blood clots the potential of receiving the AZ injection just filled me with panic.
However, instead of finding people understanding regarding my anxiety of being vaccinated. I have found people have treated me as selfish, avoided me and bullied me into it. The NHS have contacted me approx. me every 3 days to make an appointment and even called to explain the process of making a booking rather than understanding I’m quite fearful of the vaccination and would prefer not to have it
Today I have had my first vaccination 4 months after becoming eligible and I don’t feel relived that I have had it and I have done the right thing. I feel anxious of what has been put into my body and the potential harm it could be doing me. { I have no foundation to feeling like this}.Does anyone else feel that they didn’t have the vaccination from their own free choice but have felt pressurised to go through with it
