Posted on 10/18/2022 2:42:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I are expecting our second child. When I delivered our son, before the pandemic, there were no restrictions on visitors at our hospital, and any required and routine vaccinations were not an issue, despite known political differences among our family members.
Now, things have changed. My husband’s father, sister and her entire family refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite several cases in the family — including our son, who was too young to be vaccinated and ended up at the hospital via ambulance.
My husband and I are both very confrontation-averse, but we are not comfortable having anyone who is not fully vaccinated at the hospital. I thought to send a full-family message, so no one will be singled out, stating that we would be happy to see them in person if they have received their Tdap and coronavirus vaccines, in line with hospital regulations.
I want to pair the vaccines in the message, because I know they all have their Tdap shots up to date, and it might soften the politics associated with the newer vaccine. Is there a polite way to set these boundaries?
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What is Tdap?
Liberal in-laws suck anyway it goes. Always. If I were the unvaccinated grandpa baby’s first Christmas present would be a .22. Just ask my kids.
Biden voters whining about ineffective vaccines people don’t want to take.
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis
Measles vax I think.
Wait till she needs a baby sitter
Yep I’m wrong
Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis
My husband and I are both very confrontation-averse, but we are not comfortable having anyone who is not fully vaccinated at the hospital.
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Shut up, you whiny sow!
Tetanus diptheria and…who knows.
She’s an idiot.
Vaxxed people get covid more often and easily.
A simple covid test would clear her visitors. If she insisted.
Wait till she sees that Trump outfit. That’s literally the best moment for a photo. I know. I’m a bad grampa.
You are being confrontational. You're setting restrictions on who can, and can't visit in the hospital, and I highly doubt your rigidness will relax regarding home visits. I hope you alienate your whole family with your analism. Too bad the kid will be exposed to it during their formative years, because they will turn out to be as ignorant, and self-serving as you are. And please, don't have any more kids. There's enough stupid liberals in this world already.
Hmmm, this might affect the child’s grandparent from starting that college fund.
That’s the MMR shot.
Mumps, measles, and rubella.
I understand her concerns, and she has a right to protect her children as she sees fit, but she’s currently in a hospital full of unvaccinated people, including unvaccinated babies who spend much of day in the same nursery as her baby does.
I have to wonder why they waited so long to get her son to the hospital that they needed an ambulance.
So how did the unwashed unvaxxed manage to avoid contracting the dreaded sniffles for so long despite not being totally anal about stuff like masks or dousing their hands with alcohol every 5 minutes or social distancing. I would be willing to bet a sizable sum that the parents have both had the dreaded c word flu more than once each.
I like your way of thinking. Thankfully I don't have any grandchildren though. My son's are in their 50's and never wanted any, which is fine with me. Saved me a lot of worry about them being brought up in a world gone wrong.
1. They are the parents, they have the authority to make stupid rules.
2. If they don’t think Coronavirus and worse things are creeping all over the hospital without in-laws, they are naive beyond repair.
It sounds like these relations will have to settle for civil but cold, moving forward. Good job, CDC and WHO.
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