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I don't really like admitting that I feel low on here, but here we are.

Last year my assistant manager caught Covid and she lost her sense of taste and smell. Because that was all that happened to her, she's convinced that Covid is completely overblown.

During the lockdown she has clearly done a lot of 'research' into vaccinations and whatnot. However, it's clear that the information she's gathered is likely bias due to her perceptions from when she caught Covid. So her browser searches are likely to be directed in such a way in which she believes the whole thing is bad.

When I told her the other week I was getting my vaccination, she instantly sparked up saying, 'You know it's all experimental right? There's no evidence on how long it will last for, how how much protection it gives. No evidence on what it does to the body long-term...' And she kept going on and on and I was like, 'Well I'll just take one for the team then and have it' she replied, 'What team? There isn't any team here' I was already like, uh ok? I didn't realise how far into the whole propaganda side of things she was until I finally had the vaccination.

She came back off her week away yesterday and when I mentioned to her about my vaccination, she told me to keep my distance and whatnot. I was very confused because of the situation and why I'd need to do so. Another staff member also had the same vaccination as me, so she told him to keep his distance too.

It turns out she's so weirded out by the whole thing because of that propaganda going around that mRNA vaccinations cause a person to 'shet spike proteins' and 'causes other people to get Covid' and other stuff. She even said to me today she's 'rather get Covid again'. I said to her I genuinely wonder where she's getting her sources from. She replied, 'Multiple sources Sarah' as she smiled at me.

The whole thing and her trying to keep away from me because of some stupid conspiracy theorist online who's gained traction has really got to her. She must have been sat there for ages during lockdown just reading this sort of thing for weeks on end.

When she told me to keep my distance from her I genuinely felt quite hurt. Not because she asked me to do so as a manager but because of her own personal reasons. I've got quite close with her. I've shared all my past history including all the stuff I dislike telling people. She's been super supportive and wonderful to me.

I want to support her and respect her opinions, even if I disagree with them. The problem is that her belief on the matter is so strong that I feel like it's going to put distance between us and I don't want that. Even today, normally she'd say she's leaving but she didn't even bother doing that. She just left for the day as if to keep away from me. It wasn't a nice feeling.

I tried to stay open about it and thought maybe she was just really busy and needed to leave, but even then, I've never seen her bolt out of the gym so fast without saying bye.

The whole thing had me genuinely so upset I was actually in tears when I got home. I'd held everything in until then. I even spoke to a friend who was her client and has known her longer for me and even she thinks my AM is taking things too far.