Covid-19 Vaccination

We just asked each person/couple/family their vaccination status and took their word for it. We trust our guests, we are close to each of them.

I surveyed everyone with the save the dates and I trust them. It’s an honor system but my family and friends are very covid cautious so I don’t have any reason not to believe them. I’m wondering if I should also ask people to get tested within 48 hours too and I’m not sure how to implement that.

My wedding is still a bit off, but for now I'll trust that everyone is being honest. I know my social circle is all vaccinated. My family and FH's family are all vaccinated and pro vaccines.

I know most of my family as well as FH’s is vaccinated. He’s got a lot of work friends that are coming and not sure if all or some are vaccinated and I only have a few but they are vaccinated as well. We decided we aren’t going to police people on their status and trust them to make the right call. We figure if they aren’t comfortable coming then they are more then welcome not to and it would be no hard feelings.

We aren't asking our guests if they've been vaccinated or not since it's an invasion of privacy.

I recently went to a wedding where the couple required a picture of everyone's vaccine card as proof. For my own wedding we'll probably just take people on their word. Thanks to Facebook and family gossip, we already pretty much know who is and who isn't.

View Quoted Comment Same. It's not my business, nor anyone else's. If they got the shot, they either have faith in it or not. If they don't, they as adults have judged the risk of COVID and decided to trust their immune systems. Both are valid, since the shot doesn't stop infection or transmission.

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Misinformation. This is incorrect. The immunization greatly reduces viral shedding and length of illness. Side bonus, less use of hospital resources.

Yes, if you're asking people to gather in a group, then someone else's vaccine status is everyone's business. You can't manage risk you don't know about.

In my state testing or vaccination was mandated to attend weddings but by late May early June when numbers were so low it was no longer required for weddings under 100 and I had 46 guests for my June 4th wedding. So my husband and I decided to set up a Dropbox link and send it out to all guests to upload their test results or vaccination status. We let them know tests and vaxx cards should show their names and dates of tests results or vaccination. We sent this link out the week of our wedding and every guests was so great and uploaded everything we asked for. It definitely helped to have a smaller crowd. I’m not sure we would have gotten the same cooperation if we didn’t downsize.

View Quoted Comment This is a good idea! Thank you! I worry about my FHs extended family though as not many of them are very tech savvy x.x

View Quoted Comment This sounds like a great idea. I haven’t sent out invitations since the wedding is in July 2022. But if FH and decide to ask people to be vaccinated I might use this idea to keep track. Thank you!

I'm not about to impose my views on my guests. Crowded hospitals and the like is a valid concern and trust me I am a full believer in the vaccine, but I decided very early on that I was not going to use my Wedding to prove a point or use it to make a political stance or otherwise. I am using an honor system and only asking that our guests do not come if they were exposed to Covid or have had signs or symptoms related to Covid. I really don't understand the importance of guests being vaccinated or not. It's their own risk assessment that I'm allowing them to practice, which is what my state is suggesting at this time. Vaccinations do not stop the spread unfortunately with the new Delta Variant. Masks and social distancing do. Stick with your local guidelines and CDC recommendations. Demanding that an invite is contingent on your vaccine status to me is overkill and unnecessary. Please don't hate me, or say hateful things back. It's just a view everyone and a pretty logical one at that. I'm not going to be able to save the world in one day or decrease hospital rates so exponentially by demanding all of our guests get vaccinated by our Wedding Date. Said it, and I don't care what others think. Give me thumbs up if you agree!