I appreciate the compliment. It was very difficult. But I know how valuable I am- I knew that if I was suddenly terminated over not having the clot shot, it would be like slitting the throat of my division. Would've been absolute hell for my team- I'm in a sort of "lynchpin" role, where everything ultimately depends on me doing my thing. If I'm not there, nobody is doing my thing, and my thing is the thing that makes us money and all that good stuff. Someone might try to remotely work with one of my team members and stumble them through the process, but it would be ridiculously difficult and time-consuming. I knew this. This was comforting- "They need me. I'm never sick. There's no reason to think I'd get covid. Everyone else has gotten it, and I've been around them while they had it, and I'm fine." I applied for an exemption. Never got any kind of response back. I remember writing something like "It is very distressing to have to provide a reason to not take an experimental drug to my employer, as normally medical privacy is heavily respected and protected under law. Having to justify my personal health decision to an employer is, frankly, disgusting." Boy did that feel good...