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Of the several dozen friends and family that DGF and I have invited to our wedding later this summer, we know of four who have not gotten and will not be getting their COVID vaccine shots. They are firmly in the anti-vax camp, at least when it comes to COVID-19.
We would very much like to have these folks at the wedding, based on long-standing, harmonious family ties and good relations, but we also are trying to ensure the wedding is safe for everyone. The wedding event will be primarily outdoors, which is safer than the alternative, but we are concerned that these anti-vaxxers will be freely mixing, mingling, and (potentially) spreading their germs around to everyone. There will be several folks in their 80s, fully vaccinated, but somewhat vulnerable due to immunosenescence (based on various things I've heard).
What would you do in this situation? Talk to the anti-vaxxers and try to convince them to get vaccinated for the sake of everyone else at the wedding? Tell them they aren't welcome if they haven't been vaccinated, and then live with the acrimony and fallout? Say nothing and just hope for the best? Or, some other strategy/approach that could address the situation?
We would very much like to have these folks at the wedding, based on long-standing, harmonious family ties and good relations, but we also are trying to ensure the wedding is safe for everyone. The wedding event will be primarily outdoors, which is safer than the alternative, but we are concerned that these anti-vaxxers will be freely mixing, mingling, and (potentially) spreading their germs around to everyone. There will be several folks in their 80s, fully vaccinated, but somewhat vulnerable due to immunosenescence (based on various things I've heard).
What would you do in this situation? Talk to the anti-vaxxers and try to convince them to get vaccinated for the sake of everyone else at the wedding? Tell them they aren't welcome if they haven't been vaccinated, and then live with the acrimony and fallout? Say nothing and just hope for the best? Or, some other strategy/approach that could address the situation?