Jun 29, 2021
I worked with people who had been vaccinated during my shift, numerous times. I ate lunch with them, changed patients with them. Helped them with their care because their arm was stiff and sore from the vaccine, so my experience isn't being exposed to people weeks late. My experience was being exposed to people just vaccinated 10 minutes ago and then working with them for the next 8-10 hours.
If the spike protein is in their blood stream, saliva, tears, nasal mucosa, etc. It still has to make it to my body and past all of my bodies defenses. With casual interaction with other people, based on my experience I doubt this is such an issue. I have been exposed to most of the so called "superbugs" in the hospital countless times. C.diff, MRSA, Candida Auris, klebsiella pneumonia, Vancomycin resistant enterococcus, COVID, the flu, herpes, parasitic infections. And it wasn't like I just casually interacted with the people who had these infections.
As I mentioned with COVID, I drew thier blood, cleaned thier stool, cleaned thier urine, cleaned thier mouth, suctioned thier tracheostomies. I'm not going to lie, its disgusting. I've been spit on, ***t on, pissed on, bled on, etc. It comes with the job (never been stuck with a needle tho, thats a hard no).
In all of these cases with exposure to superbugs I haven't had a single infection. Even during periods of time where I was having my own health issues...
In marginally healthy people I dont think these things are as much as a problem as peoples make them out to be. Its just the fear of the unknown. I mean I've worked with 60 year old nurses aides, who worked night shift for 25 years, have high blood pressure, migraines, high cholesterol, cancer (yes they work with cancer), and they dont get sick from these things either and they are more up in these patients business than I am. In the hospital I have seen quite a few doctors who dont wear gloves when they touch patients tracheostomies. I've seen countless nurses, aides, and doctors who dont put PPE on all the time when they go into a patients room who is on contact precautions. There is even nurse Memes depicting these things.