vaccines: envy and etiquette

[redbird]

Captain Awkward just posted an article on "Vaccines: Envy and Etiquette": suggestions of what to say and do, and what not to say, if you have already been vaccinated against Covid, as well as suggestions for people who are still trying to schedule an appointment.

If you're reading this, you'll probably be nodding or thinking "I know that already" about some of it, but maybe not all, and Jennifer is a good writer.

Comments

[kylinn]

The thing that stymies me is when casually chatting with co-workers. ("You're getting your second shot this week? That's wonderful!") is to run into someone who say "I'm not planning to get it. I don't do doctors; I don't get shots." Just... uh.. pardon me? My response was "I see." because I'm sure they already know about herd immunity and all that and they don't strike me as one of the loonies who think the vaccines will be injecting nanobots in their blood or something, and I had no idea how else to react.

To my mind it is utterly immoral to be able to get a shot and choose not do so just because. This is not the equivalent of saying "if I want to risk getting sick it's my choice"; it's the equivalent of saying "I don't mind if I get this thing and go around like Typhoid Mary, spreading it wherever I go." How does one deal with something like this? *throws up hands in the air*

[redbird]

Yeah. I might ask "why not?" if it was someone I knew moderately well, but in that context, I'm not sure I could think of anything useful to say, if there even is something that would help.