When the first Covid vaccine came out a coworker told me she wouldn’t get it. Supposedly the vaccine had “killed 90% of the population in Bulgaria already”. I told her I thought we’d have heard about it if that was the case, but she was convinced that the media was covering it up.
She later claimed she was deathly allergic to the vaccine, so I ask which part of it. From what I know you can react to a vaccine if you are allergic to eggs or chicken. That’s a pretty common food item and it would be good to know if your coworker has such an allergy. I also asked where she keeps her epipen so I could help her in an emergency. She claimed she always left her epipen at home and that she was allergic against a lot of medication. She never mentioned any allergies again afterwards and they seemed to have mysteriously disappeared after the pandemic was over.
I ended a close friendship over bullshit like this. For a year, one friend was so deathly allergic that her doctor told her that under no circumstances was she to receive any Covid vaccine.
Then, then-governor of Oregon Kate Brown required anyone in a Healthcare career to receive said vax. Wouldn’t you know it, this friend’s easy caretaking paycheck was about to end when she spontaneously rid herself of a life-threatening allergy.
The worst part is, this ends up hurting people with really allergies.
I myself have an anaphylaxis to nuts so I also carry an epipen. Which is why I asked the coworker for hers, because I am trained to use it.
I can’t tell you how often I’ve met people who don’t take it seriously and tell me I’ll be fine with just a little bit of but or organic nuts. “I have a cousin who’s allergic to XYZ but since eating only organic she’s fine and she can eat it now.”
This type of people will say they have allergies and then eat the item later and it leads dumb people to believe allergies are fake.
When the first Covid vaccine came out a coworker told me she wouldn’t get it. Supposedly the vaccine had “killed 90% of the population in Bulgaria already”. I told her I thought we’d have heard about it if that was the case, but she was convinced that the media was covering it up.
She later claimed she was deathly allergic to the vaccine, so I ask which part of it. From what I know you can react to a vaccine if you are allergic to eggs or chicken. That’s a pretty common food item and it would be good to know if your coworker has such an allergy. I also asked where she keeps her epipen so I could help her in an emergency. She claimed she always left her epipen at home and that she was allergic against a lot of medication. She never mentioned any allergies again afterwards and they seemed to have mysteriously disappeared after the pandemic was over.
I ended a close friendship over bullshit like this. For a year, one friend was so deathly allergic that her doctor told her that under no circumstances was she to receive any Covid vaccine.
Then, then-governor of Oregon Kate Brown required anyone in a Healthcare career to receive said vax. Wouldn’t you know it, this friend’s easy caretaking paycheck was about to end when she spontaneously rid herself of a life-threatening allergy.
Get the fuck out of here. We’re done.
The worst part is, this ends up hurting people with really allergies. I myself have an anaphylaxis to nuts so I also carry an epipen. Which is why I asked the coworker for hers, because I am trained to use it. I can’t tell you how often I’ve met people who don’t take it seriously and tell me I’ll be fine with just a little bit of but or organic nuts. “I have a cousin who’s allergic to XYZ but since eating only organic she’s fine and she can eat it now.” This type of people will say they have allergies and then eat the item later and it leads dumb people to believe allergies are fake.
bulgaria is such an ODD and specific place to make that claim.