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OT: Coronavirus Resources - and other things to not worry about

So about that wedding I'm going to next month... The drama that ensued when the RSVP came out and vaccines are still gonna be required to get in was something else. I really really don't want to go but it's my brother and he has had a tough year... But shit the red flags with the bride were obvious from day 1. Her family and friends are very upset with them for being "Nazi's" now. All because they are requesting that they get a "dangerous medical procedure" if they want to be at the wedding.
 
hockeylover said:
Wait, the brother who got really really sick and has long covid or…!??
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Yeah it's his wedding. It was originally supposed to be in 2020 but it kept getting pushed back. But yeah, he's just exhausted right now both physically and mentally.

My cousins in the states won't be coming because they think that the vaccines impact their fertility. So it's somewhat of a #BothSides thing! But mostly the bride.. Eastern European, so the antivax stuff is engrained in them.
 
Preston said:
Yeah it's his wedding. It was originally supposed to be in 2020 but it kept getting pushed back. But yeah, he's just exhausted right now both physically and mentally.

My cousins in the states won't be coming because they think that the vaccines impact their fertility. So it's somewhat of a #BothSides thing! But mostly the bride.. Eastern European, so the antivax stuff is engrained in them.
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I can speak from experience, just go and support your brother. Wedding during covid absultly sucked and have/will alter people's relationships forever with family and friends.

Don't think we will ever speak to 80% of my wives relatives again.
 
trujaysfan said:
I can speak from experience, just go and support your brother. Wedding during covid absultly sucked and have/will alter people's relationships forever with family and friends.

Don't think we will ever speak to 80% of my wives relatives again.
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Oh yeah I'm gonna go. The guy, while he made a mistake and one could argue it was crystal clear before he ever got engaged, has been through a lot and doesn't deserve any of this. Mrs. Preston and I were just going back and forth on her/the kiddo going. But then if I go I'd have to isolate at home for the next 2-3 days to make it really worth them not going. But that's probably what we'll decide. Thought the kid would have been able to get at least 1 dose in him, which would have made me feel a bit more comfortable than him catching the virus, but the FDA delayed that approval. Oh well. We THINK he may have caught it already in 2020 but he was never tested and his symptoms could have been in our head.

The good news is I would hope/think that infections by then will be very low so it may not even be that high risk. But I'm not keen on taking any risks till he's vaxxed.
 
Preston said:
Oh yeah I'm gonna go. The guy, while he made a mistake and one could argue it was crystal clear before he ever got engaged, has been through a lot and doesn't deserve any of this. Mrs. Preston and I were just going back and forth on her/the kiddo going. But then if I go I'd have to isolate at home for the next 2-3 days to make it really worth them not going. But that's probably what we'll decide. Thought the kid would have been able to get at least 1 dose in him, which would have made me feel a bit more comfortable than him catching the virus, but the FDA delayed that approval. Oh well. We THINK he may have caught it already in 2020 but he was never tested and his symptoms could have been in our head.

The good news is I would hope/think that infections by then will be very low so it may not even be that high risk. But I'm not keen on taking any risks till he's vaxxed.
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Can they do an antibody test? I assume based on the vaccine not being available the kid is under 5?
 
trujaysfan said:
Can they do an antibody test? I assume based on the vaccine not being available the kid is under 5?
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Possibly, haven't looked into it. But even then I still don't love the idea of putting him at risk of a 2nd infection already. If he got it, it was really mild which means it's likely he didn't produce much of an immune response so antibodies and T/B-cells are potentially sparse. Bleh. Can't stand making decisions.
 
Preston said:
Yeah it's his wedding. It was originally supposed to be in 2020 but it kept getting pushed back. But yeah, he's just exhausted right now both physically and mentally.

My cousins in the states won't be coming because they think that the vaccines impact their fertility. So it's somewhat of a #BothSides thing! But mostly the bride.. Eastern European, so the antivax stuff is engrained in them.
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As someone who had to fight literally every step along the way with many mental case mexican catholics about how I wanted my wedding to be...tell your brother to hold the line, it's his day too, not theirs.

We got a lot of no shows on the wife's side because I insisted in it being on a boat instead of in a church, insisted on a non catholic ceremony (our priest was a canadian lesbian, she was great) and a smallish reception in Vallarta instead of a big mexican reception in Guadalajara. Wife was tough to get on board at the beginning, but got excited when we started viewing the boats.

The people we gave a proper fuck about mostly showed, and almost 3 yrs later wife is entirely happy with how things went down.

Hold the line.
 
I bailed last minute on a friend's wedding back in the fall of 2021. Wedding was in Ontario and I wanted no part of being on an airplane. This was before all passengers were vaxxed.

Invited buddy and his wife to our wedding this year in NS and will be interesting to see what ensues
 
MindzEye said:
As someone who had to fight literally every step along the way with many mental case mexican catholics about how I wanted my wedding to be...tell your brother to hold the line, it's his day too, not theirs.

We got a lot of no shows on the wife's side because I insisted in it being on a boat instead of in a church, insisted on a non catholic ceremony (our priest was a canadian lesbian, she was great) and a smallish reception in Vallarta instead of a big mexican reception in Guadalajara. Wife was tough to get on board at the beginning, but got excited when we started viewing the boats.

The people we gave a proper fuck about mostly showed, and almost 3 yrs later wife is entirely happy with how things went down.

Hold the line.
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Yup. I did and he is holding firm for now. At this point, it isn't even about whether someone with 0 doses is more likely to be infected than 2 doses.. That's not even necessarily the case. It's more about not wanting these fuckholes to be there on their day.
 
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