Those that are likely to do that are the type that use any slight excuse not to do their job... Always start late/leave early /just popping out for a smoke etc... And if you call them out on it they automatically claim the victim position.
happens everywhere though, and the current western world views are going to make that worse, and those views have the momentum now, don't expect they to stop.
Working around sick people there's always the chance to catch any number of infections. That's an inherent part of the job in the same way that someone who drives for a living is more likely to be involved in a pile up than someone who doesn't drive, or a lifeguard having to get wet once in a while.
Yes, like many jobs, there are dangers. When I was growing up, AIDS was the (initially) unknown scary killer to nurses etc.
But I think mountain rescue and RNLI/Coastguard staff have every right to be pissed with irresponsible actions, like climbing mountains utterly unprepared, or taking a small dingy out in windy weather, expecting others to risk their lives because of their arrogance.
I think that in the US, from what I have heard from callers to the Ken Coleman show and individuals in the airline industry, people are choosing to change career/retire early rather than be forced to take the vaccine. This isn't because the vaccine is necessarily a bad thing but that they aren't being given a choice.
Care homes here lost alot of staff over compulsory vaccination as well. People accept the risks of their employment choices, but do so on their terms, not because they are forced to.
Remember these TV and Radio shows get people in with controversial viewpoints, as it creates engagement (even if that is smashing up the radio because Jeremy Whine is on). So don't read too much into that.
As to choice, I want to shoot stupid people, but I don't get that choice. If I had a granny, and she was in a care home, I wouldn't want her looked after by somebody with a deadly, infectious disease like Ebola, or the chinky sniffle.
It may be a small errosion into civil liberties and rights. I get that. I don't want legal restrictions, and I certainly don't want the lockdown thats coming - the first was a novelty, but boring, and we know the economic and social costs...
...but because proportions of the British public are too oppsing stupid and selfish and self centred, we can't rely on them taking sensible precautions like masking up when appropriate (not the same as when legally required) or avoiding crowds or having to give up or postpone plans, we have to have legal restrictions.
I'm sure we've all seen incidents of people entering supermarkets, shouting and swearing at the poor staff asking them to obey the traffic light system and wearing a face covering. Or making a scene at the bar when asked to return to their seat back when it was table service only. And to be frank, the fact that the residential areas of London during lockdown being fully of large groups of people, because rules don't apply to them.
As I've said previously, I happily, voluntarily take said sensible precautions to protect myself but especially others I might pass it on to, to avoid full legal restrictions. But the british public is thick and 'me! me! me!'. So I have to settle for a short term/terms erosion of my liberties due to the self centred self-abusers who think the rules shouldn't apply to them.
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