Covid in the Workplace

Good evening ladies and gents, a happy dawn to you. 

Here I'd like to talk about what's been going on so far at this point in the pandemic. Okay, so we've been at this pandemic for nearly three years now. A lot has changed at my job, I've had to readjust mightily and heavily and I faired pretty damn well, I might add. 

But let us get to the heart of the matter. There are currently fifteen recorded covid-19 cases at my store, and that's only going back from the first of the year, AND that's not including cases that are probably there right now but haven't been reported. 

The new store director has been commissioned by the company to order everybody to be vaccinated by the 24th of the month with an electronic verification online. This doesn't include booster shots, the only requirement is at least the one shot vaccine of any vaccine from 2021. Things are finally moving, but wait, why wasn't this set in place by the company in year one?

I know for a fact that a lot of my coworkers/management weren't vaccinated, yet I've had to work with them all this time, myself being put at more risk. While I do find it comforting that everyone will at least have to prove they've been vaccinated once, it still bothers the hell out of me that this wasn't a requirement on year one. One step forward, two steps back. It's a lot like getting a gunshot wound and putting a band aid on it. 

With so many call outs from colds/flu and covid-19, the store is being run with much less staff and most departments doing earlier closing hours. Social distancing is nearly impossible in our narrow aisles and small front end. Tons of people come in without wearing masks all the time. The unmasked are a nuisance and get aggressive, sometimes physically aggressive and taunt other customers. Some things never change. 

With all this covid in the workplace, I'm more weary than ever about catching the virus. It's not really myself that I'm worried about because I have good health and am still young, it's more my stepfather. In terms of the climactic moment of this plague, and my own personal plague journal here, I would say we've hit the climax in terms of covid disrupting my place of employment with high numbers of cases, and counting. 

It's like a movie. I almost still can't believe it. Two years and counting. Welcome to the plague years. The best years of my life. 

Vaccine experience

So I took the Johnson and Johnson vaccine through my employer. 

Once I actually got the shot in my arm, I felt very lightheaded and suddenly my body became very weak. I sat down and didn't say anything because I really just wanted to get out of there, away from other people who might have actual covid-19 symptoms. I knew I was going to be okay, but things seemed questionable for a minute. 

Anyways, when I sat down and waited 15 minutes to see if I had any adverse reactions, I realized inside my head I was actually spinning. It gave me something like a super high effect. Everything was super trippy and at first I wasn't sure if I was going to be okay. Possibly my body had a bad reaction to the vaccine because I didn't really eat much that day. The guy at the desk did mention something about the fact that you want to have eaten a bit of food before taking the vaccine. Also, I've heard that people who are overweight might also have some stronger side effects from the vaccine.  

Anyways, so yeah the vaccine gave me some kind of vision quest that I don't really know how to explain. 

Basically, when I got the vaccine injected into me I started feeling extremely faint and woozy. I sat down and it sort of intensified a lot while I was sitting and waiting the routine 15 minutes to see if there's any adverse side effects. 

I ate some taco bell some ten minutes after leaving, and when I was in the car I still sort of felt it. But it became faint for the rest of the day. 

However, the next day when I went to work for a morning shift my body was weak. I was extremely fatigued and began to get headaches. This lasted for two days. A total of three days of feeling some sort of strong side effects from the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. 

Disclaimer! Just because I had strong side effects doesn't mean you will have it nor does it mean that you shouldn't take the vaccine. Everyone should take the vaccine to protect themselves, their families, and everybody they come in contact with. 

Not really sure what to make of whatever I was feeling, but it was stronger than alcohol or marijuana, this was something in a whole league of it's own. 

But still get vaccinated people.