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22 year old daughter's fear of vaccination

Spacemonkey

Hi there. This is my first post here!

I have a 22 year old daughter with Asperger's. She works in a primary school, just for an hour a day as it's all she can cope with, and I'm very proud of her as  she's been able to continue going to work throughout the whole period of the pandemic.

However, with the vaccinations now in full swing, I am very worried as she is adamant she won't have a vaccination (after a traumatic injection aged 5 when she darn nearly attached a very nice nurse!). She says she can "feel the vaccination in her" and won't even consider having one now.

Could her employer ultimately insist she have a vaccination to be able to continue working?

Could she claim exemption due to her Asperger's?

Any advice or suggestions welcome, thanks!

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  • May I ask what was traumatic about her injection at age 5? It may help to understand what the issue was in order to encourage her to reconsider her feelings on recieving the injections. The vaccine is important as it not only protects your daughter, but those around her. So it's worth getting the vaccine if she can do it. It may be the case of talking to others who've already had it and seeing what their experience was. Perhaps even seeing other people having it done in the actual setting if she is allowed. She could even see if she can have it done in a more familiar setting so she's not as stressed? I've not yet had the vaccine but I've had other injections. You can often feel the fluid as it goes in, it can be painful but that doesn't last. No two injections that I've had have ever been the same.

    I have to get blood tests a few times a year to check my iron levels. I've had occasions where the needle has had to go in multiple times in order to find a vein, so really not pleasant. I've also had to inject fragmin into my belly every day for three months straight after major foot surgery. I ended up covered in bruises after that one so I can appreciate how upsetting it is.

    There is a substantial amount of misinformation floating around because of the anti-vax community but you can guarantee that for every false, unsubstantiated claim, there is also science based information to counteract it. If she is worried because these anti-vax claims are colouring her judgement, it's worth seeing what the science says about it.

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  • May I ask what was traumatic about her injection at age 5? It may help to understand what the issue was in order to encourage her to reconsider her feelings on recieving the injections. The vaccine is important as it not only protects your daughter, but those around her. So it's worth getting the vaccine if she can do it. It may be the case of talking to others who've already had it and seeing what their experience was. Perhaps even seeing other people having it done in the actual setting if she is allowed. She could even see if she can have it done in a more familiar setting so she's not as stressed? I've not yet had the vaccine but I've had other injections. You can often feel the fluid as it goes in, it can be painful but that doesn't last. No two injections that I've had have ever been the same.

    I have to get blood tests a few times a year to check my iron levels. I've had occasions where the needle has had to go in multiple times in order to find a vein, so really not pleasant. I've also had to inject fragmin into my belly every day for three months straight after major foot surgery. I ended up covered in bruises after that one so I can appreciate how upsetting it is.

    There is a substantial amount of misinformation floating around because of the anti-vax community but you can guarantee that for every false, unsubstantiated claim, there is also science based information to counteract it. If she is worried because these anti-vax claims are colouring her judgement, it's worth seeing what the science says about it.

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