We are all from different parts of the world with different walks of life. At the peak of the vaccine mandate, things got really intense--especially in some parts of the world. I had no social pressure from friends or family, but there were was some with my career.
The place I work at sent out a letter saying that vaccination was required for further employment. I began sending out job applications, and got an interviewed for a job that I really wanted, but they said I had to get vaccinated. At that time, I realized how much the pressure sucked for those I was reading about in the news. Very thankful now I never took the vaccine.
What is your story? Did you ever consider taking the vax?
Thankfully I did not need to get vaxxed to continue at my work, and since I had gotten covid previously in 2020 I was immune to any new variants or strains which were weaker than the original I got back then. My whole family got covid at the same time so we all acquired immunity pretty quickly. None of us got vaxxed, though my mom was the one pressured the most by her job to get it, but she filed for a religious exemption and got it.
I never got any real pressure from my friends either, but they would ask me why I just wouldn't get it. I told them my reasons (previous infection, acquired immunity, don't want to be forced by government to do something I don't believe in, etc.) and they were so confused why I didn't just give in like they had. They truly thought they were doing something heroic. I told them they're just falling in line like everyone else and I haven't really heard from them since. If they end up dead one of these days from the effects of the vax I won't be surprised but I'll still be saddened that I couldn't do anything to stop it.