Coercion NOT Consent

Coercion NOT Consent
# 003 23/11/2021

I’ve been in the social work industry for 6 years in regional Victoria.

When the pandemic started in 2020 I was working in family services with the aboriginal community. We were told that we weren’t allowed to complete face time face visits. All visits had to be video call or phone calls. My clients were all high risk with complex needs. I followed along and completed video calls.

My families struggles to get enough food (I had families with roughly 5-9 children) because of the restriction on food quantities. Child protection would often threaten families with removing the children as parents were unable to feed their children. I would often sneak out and go to community organisations to get food for them and complete face to face home visits without approval. I watched these families suffer in silence as no one listened. I couldn’t take it anymore so I resigned.

I started working in Home Based Care in August 2021. I worked mainly from home for a few months. Once the lockdowns ended we were “allowed to complete home visits again” however this had to be for high-risk clients. All of my clients were high risk so I continued face-to-face visits. I noticed that children were more terrified of engaging with workers, were hyper-vigilant and more aggressive towards their carers. Carers reported higher stress and felt extremely unsupported.

Most of my visits consisted of being yelled at or having the carers hysterically crying and children being too terrified to engage with me. Over the course of 12 months the work load became unmanageable with child protections further expectations. Child protection refused to complete home visits and we were left to complete their safety checks/risk assessments. Our team of 15 turned into a team of 4, again I resigned due to work overload and burn out.

In September, I started my current position In homelessness. I completed 1 week of induction and we had a locked down. When I went to return to work I was told I was no longer welcome to attend the office or complete home visits as I cannot wear a mask (I have a medical exemption). I worked for another 2 weeks at home and was called by HR advising that I needed to have the vax and will have to prove my vax status by oct 22 or I would lose my job. I told them that I will not be disclosing my private medical information. Since then I have had multiple meetings with HR who have tried to manipulate and bully me into getting vaxed to keep my job.

2 weeks ago I was told that I would no longer be allowed to work so I rang my clients to tell them. All of my clients told me that they weren’t vaxed and did not agree to being reallocated a 3rd time. I had 3 clients beg me crying to get vaxed so they could continue receiving support from me. I still have not heard from HR so I continue to work to the disgust of my team and manager. Today we were notified that 2 of our clients had passed away due to “health issues”. They were young healthy people.

I just can’t sit here and be silent anymore. People are suffering and no one seems to care. I feel like I’m expected to just give in and get vaxed. I’m tired and burnt out and just don’t know how this industry will continue.

To put the cherry on the top, I got invited to our team Christmas lunch and in the email it stated that “….. will not be able to attend due to being unvaccinated”.

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Coercion NOT Consent
#002 22/11/21

Hi,

I’m 23 and I work in early childhood education. I have a bachelor of politics and philosophy and these mandates went completely against my ethics. They are a violation of my rights and I was coerced.

I wanted to wait and make a more informed choice before I chose to get the vaccine, but when the mandates rolled in, I felt forced. I developed anxiety and would have regular mental breakdowns due to the pressure of deciding if I should take an experimental vaccine or stand by my ethics but sacrifice my financial security and my social freedoms.

In the lead up, the company I work for ran a seminar with an immunology who was advising politicians in NSW. We were strictly told that we were not allowed to record the video. In the webinar, the doctor said that children were not at risk but it was still important to get the vaccine. He said children should not get the vaccine as they already seemed to have an immunity to it. I did not feel reassured by this, only more confused. Why should I be forced to get the vaccine when the children I work with are not at risk from COVID and educators are able to distance themselves?

When the final date was upon us, my employer asked if I was getting vaccinated and I said that the mandates went against my ethics. She cancelled my shifts and then called me to tell me that younger people who are unvaccinated have been dying from covid. Then she sent me a $50 company gift card to acknowledge all my hard work.

I was really scared, but I did get the vaccine. I cried the whole way there and had to bring a friend with me. I wish I hadn’t been forced but I wasn’t willing to face poverty, social exclusion and dismantle my entire life.

Since receiving the vaccine, I’ve had frequent headaches. I’ve also had two anxiety attacks.

I was coerced. I was forced to consent. To this day, I still oppose the mandates. My government failed me.

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CNC #001 - 21.11.21

This is my story.

I started a new job at a government organisation. I was a trainee and was employed on a casual basis.

When the hot spot area lockdown started, the mandates hadn’t started then. Eventually, it was announced that all essential workers from the lockdown area must be vaccinated by 30th August.

I was approached by the manager on Friday 27th, and told that if I don’t get the first dose of vaccination, I cannot come to work on Monday. I was told I cannot come to work unless I get vaccinated So, I panicked, called my GP straight away, left work half a day, and got my first jab.

Two days later, I lost my job.

Now, two months after, I am having heart palpitation, chest pains, tingling in my fingers, and other symptoms.
I went and saw my GP who referred me to Liverpool hospital. Liverpool Hospital dismissed my case and said nothing is wrong with me. I went back to my GP and she didn’t agree and referred me to a specialist. I have to pay for specialist expenses myself which costs a lot of money.

I am under an immense amount of stress which has impacted my mental health. Therefore, instead of planning for a brighter future, I am now writing my own WILL for my family.

This is my story.

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Coercion not consent

This Channel is created for those who FELT coerced into taking the jab. The perception is that high vaccination rates are due to people taking the jab willingly. This is not the case!

Many people were threatened to take the JAB or lose their JOB. Many have been pushed to their limits before they got vaccinated.
Many were stripped off their freedom to give informed choice.

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