Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi
Hey there I'm hoping somebody can help me out with my question.Somebody clean for has asked me to be their carer because they are familiar with me.and it saves strangers coming in and out.I am familiar to care although I've been out the loop for a couple of years.My question is can you you care for people on a private basis in their own home when you are unvaccinated?He said he's happy with it but I've asked him to check with his family while I check the legalities of it.Anyhow I would like to help the family but only if I'm legally obliged to do so.I really appreciate any help on this.
There’s no legal issue with this - it’s a matter of whether your friend and the family are ok with you not having had the vaccine. I know for a fact that vaccinated people can catch and spread the virus - although are slightly less likely to do so. So even if you were vaccinated you could still spread the virus to your friend who you are thinking of being a carer for. I caught Covid from a vaccinated person - so I know this to be true from experience!
funnily enough I have been wondering about autistic people and the vaccine - and how they feel about it. I wonder if autistic people might have particular concerns about the vaccine (due to our anxiety issues etc) and might be less likely to have it? it’s an interesting subject I think.
The anxiety and questioning of everything definitely does not help...maybe you are right and it might make autistic people less likely to have it? I actually finally got my booster today. I had been putting it off as I have been feeling so unwell the past weeks (and haven't seen anyone anyways... so not much incentive).
What you’ve written here is me 100%. For most of my life I also very much recognised the positive aspects of this - but recently I’ve become very conscious that it has become quite destructive for me. As you write: ‘it can get excessive and out of control/self-destructive and paralysing for me’ - that’s been my problem over the last couple of years. And as you also say - it’s so exhausting. I’m absolutely worn out and it’s had a serious impact on my mental health. Part of me thinks the menopause (I’m in my early fifties) has just shifted the balance for many aspects of being autistic into the negative for me. We miss the lockdown too in some respects - although not all. We like being able to drive to further places to visit and walk again. I don’t know - I find it all very confusing at the moment.
Yes the "questioning of everything" (including yourself) can be exhausting and is can cause me stress and anxiety - it can lead to circular thinking, it makes it hard to take decisions and it can make it hard to change things that are causing me problems as I keep questioning the need for change...
but the questioning everything is also what makes me a good scientist. It really depends what is being questioned... but I have not found a way yet to reign it in yet or to switch it off and on as needed... This kind of thinking can be really helpful but it can get excessive and out of control/self-destructive and paralysing for me.
I can relate to not being used to being around people anymore. I still miss the lockdown. Country walks are nicer than cities anyways in my opinion :).
The ‘questioning of everything’ - it’s funny that you say that because that’s exactly what I do all the time - I’m always questioning every damn thing - in some ways it drives me crazy, I think I find it very hard to trust people and things I am told because of my anxiety. I wish I wasn’t like that - it makes life very stressful. I’m sorry you e been unwell. Nothing serious I hope?I don’t see many people at the moment either. We’ve really got out of the habit of being around people during the pandemic - and now I’m finding it hard to get out there again - we don’t go into cities hardly at all at the moment - we just go on country walks etc.