Posted on 06/21/2021 8:43:58 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Their “Love in the Time of Covid” cards in each save-the-date envelope spelled it out clearly: This October wedding would be a vaccinated-only event. After all, the groom’s father, who is vaccinated against covid-19 but immunocompromised, needed to be sure he could safely attend... The couple didn’t expect...someone who hadn’t been vaccinated showing up anyway. But then a family member disclosed some shocking intel: Michelle’s father and stepmom were planning to lie about having gotten the vaccine.
“That obviously threw everything completely for a loop,” she says. Not only are Michelle and her father very close, but he’s also helping pay for the event. She couldn’t imagine her father simply not coming at all.
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Elayna, a bride in Minnesota who’s planning her wedding for this fall...feels an obligation to prioritize the safety of guests who are immunocompromised or whose doctors have advised them not to get the shot because they are allergic to its ingredients. “It would break my heart,” Elayna says, for her relative to not attend. “But I’m just realizing, like, no, if I believe this strongly that I need this requirement at my wedding, then that means there’s going to be really tough repercussions.”
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Sonja Urmston (and) her husband-to-be...compromised: Those who weren’t vaccinated would need to bring a negative coronavirus test from within 72 hours before the wedding.
“This is the happy medium that I think would be fair,” she says. She does anticipate some pushback, but guests who won’t comply with the test requirement “have bigger problems,” she says.
“I’m not being a bridezilla,” she says. “It’s a safety risk.”
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Marrying Couple: “Did you get vaccinated?”
Invitee: “Did you have an orgasm today?”
A good responding article would be entitled “when the anti-vaxxers do NOT want to come to your wedding.
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