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Tough conversations days before Thanksgiving
CTV News ^ | Oct. 8, 2021 | Kathy Le

Posted on 10/08/2021 4:06:55 PM PDT by conservative98

CALGARY - With the provincial health restrictions currently in place, prohibiting unvaccinated people from gathering in homes, some families may be faced with tough decisions and conversations about how to deal with members who haven’t yet received their shots. Alice Potkins says she will be abiding by the rules and have a small gathering with her brother’s family. They are all vaccinated so she wouldn’t have to exclude anyone but says if a member wasn’t, she wouldn’t know how to handle it.

“That’s a tough one isn’t it?” said Potkins.

“It depends on how close I am to that family member but I like them all, I love them all so what do you do?”

'GIVE THEM A BOOT'

Larry Krause was on his way out of the grocery store picking up last-minute Thanksgiving Day items and says he would be strict with unvaccinated family members wanting to join for dinner.

“I’d give them a boot and say go get it (a vaccination).”

Vardit Ravitsky a bioethicist with the University of Montreal says many families might be faced with this dilemma. However, she says having restrictions in place versus not having them, like some jurisdictions in Canada, might be beneficial and encourage people to have important discussions. Ravitsky says the restrictions gives family members a reason to speak with loved ones and friends who aren’t vaccinated or provide an excuse to not have unvaccinated people over if they feel uncomfortable.

“I think we're all struggling with how to not deepen this social divide while keeping ourselves safe,” she said.

“We're dancing a very complex dance here and in a way being judgmental, but trying to sound still respectful of people's choices.”

CURRENT HEALTH MEASURES

The current health measures only allows eligible vaccinated people to gather in a home.

(Excerpt) Read more at calgary.ctvnews.ca ...


TOPICS: Canada
KEYWORDS: canada; canadianmarxism; lockdowns; marxism; thanksgiving; vaccine
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1 posted on 10/08/2021 4:06:55 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Up to two households can be inside with a maximum of 10 people.


2 posted on 10/08/2021 4:07:06 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

“who haven’t yet received their shots”

You going to strap them down?


3 posted on 10/08/2021 4:08:39 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: conservative98

Simple solution: Nobody rat.


4 posted on 10/08/2021 4:09:08 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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DADT


5 posted on 10/08/2021 4:10:45 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: conservative98

My family and friends vaccinated or not are always welcome at my table in any numbers that wish to come.


6 posted on 10/08/2021 4:10:55 PM PDT by Mom MD ( )
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To: conservative98

Tough decisions my Ass!

None of their freaking business!


7 posted on 10/08/2021 4:13:39 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: conservative98

(Thanksgiving is Monday, October 11th up there in Canadaia)


8 posted on 10/08/2021 4:14:40 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: conservative98

Vardit Ravitsky has deeper problems than just navigating Thanksgiving dinner. Her name, for starters.


9 posted on 10/08/2021 4:15:10 PM PDT by smvoice (King Joege: He's really quite mad you know )
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To: conservative98

The world has lost it’s mind.


10 posted on 10/08/2021 4:17:46 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: Mom MD

Amen


11 posted on 10/08/2021 4:18:51 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: conservative98

I don’t know what it is with my family, but nobody gives a rat’s rectum about the vaccination status of any member.


12 posted on 10/08/2021 4:20:50 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: mewzilla

If you’re vaccinated you can get Covid from someone who isn’t. Why don’t liberals get this? Ain’t rocket science.


13 posted on 10/08/2021 4:21:08 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I got the shot. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to, in violation of my civil rights.)
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To: conservative98

CAN YOU SEE MY TWO MIDDLE FINGERS?


14 posted on 10/08/2021 4:24:04 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Always look behind the curtain)
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To: conservative98

So they are afraid the “vaccines” don’t work?


15 posted on 10/08/2021 4:25:18 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: conservative98

Last year there was no vax. Many people got together for holidays. The numbers went up BECAUSE they go up seasonally. The rise was blamed on the holidays because they are Christian holidays.

This year there’s the vax, and the left wants the unvaxxed kept out of family meals. The arrogance of those people is unacceptable. They cannot put themselves in the place of an elderly person for whom isolation is death. In fact, they want the old folks to croak and make room for the new replacements.

To anybody who tells me I can’t see family, I have these words: Let’s Go Brandon!

How long before posting Let’s Go Brandon! is investigated by the Hoch-Gestapo?


16 posted on 10/08/2021 4:27:05 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Buy a Let's Go Brandon! sticker. Show your disdain for the maniac in the White House. I did.)
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To: conservative98

Both sides can play the “you’re excluded” game on the same (vax) criteria.

Same justification too - for your safety, vaccinated people should not come here.


17 posted on 10/08/2021 4:28:43 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: conservative98
The current health measures only allows eligible vaccinated people to gather in a home. Up to two households can be inside with a maximum of 10 people. There are no restrictions for children under 12. Outdoor gatherings have a limit of 20 people.


18 posted on 10/08/2021 4:29:33 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: conservative98

Stuffing or potatoes?


19 posted on 10/08/2021 4:29:46 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: conservative98

No Thanksgiving dinner for me means no Christmas/Birthday gifts for the vaccinated family members.


20 posted on 10/08/2021 4:32:49 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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