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Old Aug 27, 2021, 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ChickenNoodleSoup View Post
Well, I can only speak for my country, but here, vaccination status is - like a lot of other information - private health information that is protected by privacy laws. You CAN always ask. People are, however, not obligated to respond. What you do with that answer if it's a therapist or doctor is up to you, but it is not mandatory for them to disclose such things.

I'll add a small note as to why I think it's kind of important: if you ask and then answer is no, and then you go "why not?" and they say they have an autoimmundisorder and can't take it, now it's suddenly not just a decision anymore, now you know a lot more about their health. And unlike only a free decision, not all Ts would want to share such a diagnosis with their clients.

Of course no one is obligated to answer. No one is obligated to be honest either. Say you ask if your therapist if she’s vaccinated and she says no; all it does is give you a cue to wear a mask. Of course it might trigger questions of why but the therapist is already adept at keeping her own info private anyway right ? So a client asks. Therapist says no. Client asks why. Therapist says it’s personal or private information and offers to: wear a mask or suggest her client wear hers. What county are you in ? I’m just curious.

The completely avoidable and irritating thing about the whole situation is the therapist could’ve easily slipped on a mask herself, offered the client a mask or encourage the client to wear their own mask.
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