
Aug 27, 2021, 05:07 AM
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Member Since: Dec 2018
Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by ChickenNoodleSoup
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.
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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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