Pluchi
Jedi
Hello!Oh do you mean if you have to take it for the job?
I'd ask a few questions first. Does your job require this jab? In Germany I don't think any job can force someone to take it just yet? They can coerce but not force. So if you sense your job is going in this direction I'd personally look to see where I should put my energy to make it difficult for them to do so i.e. there will be people campaigning against this.
On the flip side, what about the real chance that you take the jab for your job, suffer an injury and them can't work. You say you are the only one working. What happens to the family then?
Let's game it (worst case scenarios) - take the jab to save a single job in 1 industry. If you don't take the jab you lose the job but can always go get another job in another industry but maybe it's less paid. Bottom line you can still work.
Take the jab and suffer an injury that stops you being a capable worker. Now you can't work any job in any industry. You now live off government support.
Do we have reassurances that one won't suffer bad injuries? I know I'm seeing people who are a-okay but I'm also seeing people who are not. So suffering an injury either immediately or down the line isn't a possibility to be scoffed at which means one should consider this as a viable possible outcome.
With the above mind, the second scenario doesn't look too appealing to me . From a tactical perspective I'd much rather take the hit of working a low paid job and put effort into the resistance for a chance of a better future than get jib jab for a well paid job but then open myself up to all these other nightmarish possibilities. Just gaming the numbers and taking a risk based approach.
I have been playing the worst case scenarios that you just mentioned in my head! I teach, my school is pushing everyone to take the vaccine in verious ways, for instance, they have said: "Put your names in the Google form if you have been fully vaccinated, no worries, only a few people can see this document and it is private information [how can that be, right?], all fully vaccinated people can remove their masks and interact when students are not around, if we see unvaccinated people without a mask they will get scorned" " The end of year party is only for fully vaccinated people" "We will follow the same protocol as universities next school year, stay tuned, in the mean time we encourage teachers and staff to get fully vaccinated, we are at 85% and wish to have a school of 100% vaccinated people" "We are celebrating that kids will probably be able to get vaccinated soon, this will create a safe environment for all"
I am the one with the financial burden at home, I fear losing my job if I don't get vaccinated, so I am contemplating looking for something else to do. I have worked so hard to be where I am now, with two post-graduate degrees and years of experience in my field; contemplating a change in another field is very stressful. Getting the vaccine to stay at my current school puts me at risk of being injured in the long run, hence, being unable to support my family anyway! I understand then that I should take the risk-based approach that you mentioned, and just get another job, yet, other places might also require the vaccines later on. What if jumping from job to job is fruitless despite all the effort? Starting my own business is not a guarantee of a roof and food to eat with the current state of the economy. THEY (you know, "they"as obscure as it sounds) know this, that is why they are closing on people. I am hanging in there, waiting to see what my school decides to impose, but then what will I do? I come to this forum to read what people have done and how they fare.