Today is my works vaccine deadline….

It’s a crazy world right now. I’m so sick of ignorance around us.

I’d be double masking around them.

I feel badly for you and other people in similar situations playing out right now all over the world. It seems that the USA has the lead on ignorance though. I hope your work does the right thing. It's not just about those 3 employees; it's about the entirety of the workforce as well as the responsibility to your customers who entrust you not only with their money, but massive life decisions. The good of the many trumps the ignorance of a few.

I think people are going to mostly initially protest and then STFU and quietly get vaccinated. Maybe with some justification grumbling about being forced into it. It’s so uncool that these idiots are behaving in this way.

I wish you much luck in this and all your endeavors.

Hasn’t heard that they don’t want to use a test from China before. That’s a new one. I have some of the Abbott self tests and opened the box and the part that goes in your nose is made in the USA. Not sure of the other components but it is clearly labeled. Nothing on the outside states where it is made probably because different parts are made in different places but the part that touches your body is made in the USA.

I work at a Children's Hospital.  Today starts the day that either you are vaccinated or you test 1-2 times a week.   People are already asking for exemptions from testing.  No from the vaccine but from testing.  Not only that but people stand outside and protest the vaccine or testing mandate.  It's a children's hospital for goodness sakes.  So those who are out there holding up signs (and having children hold up signs that are bigger than them) may one day need services for their own children.   But they stand there and yell and encourage people to honk.  Outside of a Children's hospital.  Where sick children are trying to get better.  Or die in peace.  Oh, and we have police officers who refuse to wear a mask when coming into our hospital.  They say it is not their protocol.  Um, but it's the hospital protocol.  It gets harder and harder to even try and understand people. 

That is not true.  You are less likely to catch COVID if you are vaccinated, which also means you are less likely to spread COVID than a non-vaccinated person.

OP, I am sorry you are dealing with this.  I feel very fortunate that my work took this SUPER SERIOUSLY and mandated vaccines (before the state mandated them anyway for educators).

That's not true. I think they didn't really KNOW in the beginning and hoped it would be higher. But getting vaccinated still decreases your chance of getting and spreading COVID.

www.healthline.com/health-news/vaccinated-people-can-transmit-the-coronavirus-but-its-still-more-likely-if-youre-unvaccinated#Vaccinated-people-can-contract-and-transmit-Delta

www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/vaccinated-people-are-less-likely-spread-covid-new-research-finds-n1280583

www.newscientist.com/article/2294250-how-much-less-likely-are-you-to-spread-covid-19-if-youre-vaccinated/

I feel sorry for those who think getting vaccinated you are safe. You can still get the virus, still carry the virus and still die from the virus. So why not everyone still wear masks for ever or until every variant of COVID passes. I have my reasons not to be vaccinated and I did get covid at the beginning of this pandemic. My parents are still unvaccinated and were out every day but still take precautions. My nephew almost died from it at 32. No one is safe (vaccinated or not, young or old, etc). But the fact is this has torn apart our nation and that infuriates me. The fact that people aren't seeing others have choices is crazy. I don't walk in others shoes so do not want to push my thoughts or actions on them. If I have done my research and made an informed decision for my body why would someone deny me the right to live my life and if I die because i didn't get the vaccine, i accept that decision. If I believe I could die getting the vaccine, why would someone else's fear be higher then my own fear of injecting something into my body that I feel could possibly kill me? Why isn't my fear accepted and acknowledged and I have the right to not put anything in my body i don't want to. How many of you took the vaccine for work, travel, going into restaurants, because your doctor told you to? What is in the vaccine? do you know all the ingredients and side effects? what does the clinical studies actually show? I did my research and no thank you. I have an exemption and I hope I do not lose my job over a freedom i have. I will tell you I do take it seriously enough to purchase 2 tests a week. I believe that is the only way out of this whole thing. if I get vaccinated and still pass or carry the virus, am i not dangerous to my neighbor or person at a grocery store in line? I feel like if I can test and be negative, then i know i am not carrying it and passing it to others. It is more than just a shot. It is removing my right as a human.

These are the tests I use and test 2 times a week.  Just because I am going to be around people every day.  I don't care if I was vacc or not i would continue to do this to keep others safe.  

thank you.  I have done my research on CDC and other sites an agree.  I find it funny as Trump supports the vaccinations.  So why would his supporters be anti-vaxx.  
When it comes down to something that others believe is forced on them, they will see what we are saying.  Our country is going under so fast and our freedoms are going away so fast and everyone is okay with this.  I even talked to many medical staff who are for vacc yet believe it is a person's right what is injected into their bodies.  One nurse is going to lose her job as she wont' get vacc as she lost her hearing from getting covid a year ago and is under 28 years old.  she is afraid it will do worse if she gets the vacc and she works in the ER department so she sees it all.  she says it is equal on who is coming into the hospital of vacc and unvacc with covid.  that is something media wont tell us. they hide the facts.  I know over 5 states where nurses are telling me similar stories.  

funny how many of you have stated pretty horrible things.  unvaxx are assholes,ignorant, selfish, etc.  Isn't that interesting.  I do not say bad about those vaccinated.  my family and close friends are vacicnated.  but I do believe as most of them that it is a personal medical decision that each person must make an informed consent based on their research/medical state/record.  

IDK, can you tell us?