Christoph,
One more thought - as a previous commenter suggested, if you haven’t gotten the booster yet, you should try to get it quickly. Also, assuming you still have to get the booster shot, you can ask the hospital not to reassign you until you get the booster and allow it to take full effect (2 weeks).
Only you know you! You have to do what is best for yourself.
I have worked all through this pandemic. Even though my company allowed people in high risk categories to take time off with pay. I have never in my life not gone to work. So I showed up and did my job. Yes, I was masked, yes, I ran away from people who couldn’t wear their masks correctly, yes, I was walking backwards often as people did not understand what 6 feet looks like. And when grocery store workers finally became eligible, I got my vaccine!
I still try to stay alway from people who are not vaccinated. No I don’t have some special power no know who is and who is not, but I do know that children can’t be right now. And those families that come in with all their kids and no one has a mask on, I move away. Can’t take a chance.
But I do feel that I am as safe as a person can be. Do I worry about the fact that having diabetes puts me in a higher risk group? Sure but I could (and do many times) get hit by a car walking to and from work everyday! Nothing is a sure bet. I will say when I go into the clinic for my current trial, I feel very safe because of procedures at the hospital.
But as with all things diabetes, you must do what is best for you. Be safe and put your foot down, if you need to. No one can say what is right for you except you!
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I’d get that letter and keep safe. Never mind being a self-sacrificing hero. Your life is precious. Also, if you end up taking up a ventilator and a bed in the ICU and a specialist nurse’s time and energy, you will be harming, not helping. Someone else might die unecessarily for lack of them. Good luck!
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My office work is pushing for “butts in seats” even though we’ve been able to WFH for the past 18months just fine.
Folks going into the office are “supposed to be” vaccinated, but who knows if they’ve submitted real CDC cards.
There are young people who go out and dine in restaurants. Folks who travel to high alert states and have even taken a boat cruise to the Caribbean! Under-age children, too, abound.
I haven’t hugged anyone in over 18months. I haven’t gone unmasked in a group setting inside or outside. The mega-breakthrough events in July was an eye opener—we don’t know enough about COVID.
So, yeah, I’m not risking my life with all these other unmasked office people just to appease the c-suite.
I’m not paid enough to risk my life. I know I would’ve felt differently 10 or 20 years ago, but for me and for now, it’s too expensive to get seriously ill.
I think this is how life will be going forward.
Even saying “during Covid” suggests that this is temporary.
We all need to decide what we want to do with our lives and career, how much risk we are willing to take.
If hospital work doesn’t work right now,then it likely won’t ever work for you.
I think that’s why so many people are changing jobs.
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