Help in finding a way to justify flu vaccine

[Bring4th_Austin]

While I understand the topic of vaccines is a very hot button issue, I think this theme is consistent anywhere in our society and something we have all had to deal with. In previous work and in going to school as I grew up, I felt forced to do so many things against my will that it was basically crushing for my soul. Going to school, I felt torn apart by the idea that no matter how badly I didn't want to do something, my arm was twisted to the point of essentially forcing me to do it that I felt as though I were a slave. Not to compare going to public school to the same type of slave trade where a person is considered property and owned openly, but I felt my free will stripped from me completely. The same theme continued on with many jobs I had - I didn't want to rope people in to applying for credit when I knew they shouldn't; I didn't want to blindly follow orders for pointless tasks when I knew I could be doing something more productive that would benefit everyone; I didn't want to push a sale of a warranty on someone who clearly didn't want it; I didn't want to work during the holidays away from my family.

Yet all of these things were required of me for various reasons, but primarily because if I didn't have a job, how could I feed myself? How could I put a roof over my head?

Sometimes I rebelled against the "system" by simply doing what I wished and not submitting myself to someone else's will. Honestly, this hardly ever worked out for "the best." I would get in trouble at school and even more force was pushed down on me to submit. I'd get in trouble at work and not receive as much of a raise as I would have liked.

Like you are contemplating, I once quit a job over a principled matter and it didn't really work out well. It caused major turmoil in my life and put me in dire financial straits for quite some time. These experiences obviously aren't pleasant. I felt like I let down myself and the people in my life. I struggled to support myself and started relying on other people to take care of my basic needs.

Obviously, everything worked itself out eventually, and that type of experience is catalyst just like everything else, but what I mean to say is that this situation isn't too uncommon in our society, and we all seem to have to make some sort of choice. Imagining what could happen if you did quit your job, is it worth standing up for your principles? Do you feel like you can fulfill your service, whatever you believe that to be, if things don't go so great after you quit? Would it be easier to, willingly and consciously, accept a limitation that is being placed upon you in order to continue a greater service? Knowing you have the choice to leave or the choice to get a vaccine in itself is an exercise of free will, and so accepting the vaccine wouldn't necessarily be giving away your free will.

These questions would obviously be answered on an individual basis for each infinitely unique scenario. I'm not at all disagreeing with what everyone here has said, but I wanted to paint a different sort of picture. Quitting a job without another plan in place, while sometimes can work out for the best, will sometimes put us through a difficult situation and make us stumble for a while before we find our grounding again. I guess the difficult question is whether you think the stumbling may be worth it in order to take a stand.