Originally Posted by
BigPlaneEnergy
So, I don’t want to get the vaccine. I’m not some nut job, I just don’t like how it’s being pushed so hard and now being forced so hard by so many executive orders, how any deaths tied to it are being squashed and ignored, and the fact that even if I get it now, they’ll just move the goal posts and require bi-monthly boosters or whatever. It won’t stop here. I’ve been hoping to put off getting it until someone with actual power stood up to the mandates and maybe something got rolled back. But if they’re doing anything, it’s taking too long. And Biden is declaring things left and right. I’ve known for a while (I say that, but it’s really only been a handful of weeks, sh*t’s changing at such an accelerated rate) that I wouldn’t be able to advance my career without the vaccine or things dying down, whatever that looks like, but now I’m going to have to either sacrifice my morals (at the very least, my wife is convinced I’ll be one of the ones who drop dead 2 days later) or my career. This is the only real thing I’ve done so far in my 30ish years, I recently bought a house, and have our first baby on the way. If I quit in December, I’ll have a hell of a time finding something will pay anything close to this with my bachelors degree in “airplane flying”. I’m frankly, f*cking terrified of what’s ahead for me. Just giving in and getting the shot would make my life much easier, at least until they require constant boosters and God knows what else, but if I do, I will seriously hate myself for being complicit in this. But what am I supposed to do with a family to provide for and no better way to make money? I feel like I have no choice, which is exactly how they get what they want. I’m in an abusive relationship with the federal government, and I’m about to give in, and no one cares about me.
The number of people who have died from the vaccines (in the US) can be counted on the fingers of both or maybe one hand. Given the number of doses administered it looks safer than the flu shot, although you can do your own research for comparison. The vast majority of people who suffer adverse events, which are quite rare anyway, recover within days or weeks.
Do you have a medical reason to be concerned, or is your wife just having some facebook-amplified hysteria?
If the current vaccines are logistically too cumbersome with frequent boosters, they will be modified. Worst case, this will settle out into an annual booster to address new strains like the flu. And will most likely have the mandates removed a few years down the road (except for the people who have mandatory flu shots, like hospital workers).
Your employment options will be further limited by the OSHA mandate, and companies who opt to mandate vaccination even if they're not subject to the OSHA thing. To make matters worse, even more companies will require vaccination for new-hires, even if they don't mandate it for old-hires.
There will probably still be flying jobs in AK, as well as part 91 owners who don't care about vaccines. There's a worker shortage, so you can almost certainly find something, maybe even white-collar tele-work. From there you'd have to build a new career around vaccine mandates, and hope they go away eventually (you could even go back to aviation in that event).