Covid precautions - vaccination, test, masks etc

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Wow that's tough. It's amazing how divided people are about it! If people are unvaxxed, I don't get why it's such a big deal to at least get a test instead. Hopefully you figure it out and these people don't ruin your event

We had our wedding celebration in June (when Covid infection rates were at their lowest). We had 47 guests (all adults), an open air venue, and served plated meals. We required vaccinations. Some invitees did not come because they did not want to get vaccinated; some guests only came because they knew everyone would be vaccinated and we were taking Covid very seriously.

Our parents are high risk. We had already altered our wedding plans once (original date was May 2020, we legally married then but never celebrated). We wouldn't have been able to enjoy ourselves if we were worried about the safety of our guests, and I would have been devastated if someone got sick because of our wedding. It was 100% the right decision for us, and I have no regrets.

Covid is even riskier now than it was this spring. I don't think I would attend a wedding that didn't require vaccinations or a negative Covid test, especially if indoors or a larger event with people I didn't already know. Where I work has a 99% vaccination rate and we are still masking indoors due to the current high rate of transmission and breakthrough cases. Why am I going to take more risks with people I don't know than people I trust and see every day? Fortunately the next wedding on our list is a year away (to the day), so I hope things will be better by then and it will be a non-issue.

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Sorry to be a party pooper, but weddings aren't low risk that's why they're in the news often as superspredders. People will hug each other and you. There may be drinking and dancing if in your schedule, and thereby, less social distancing. Unlike a restaurant of strangers, people will comingle and ultimately eat with each other. Meals alone are a reason why I quarantine so many close contacts in my job. As an intentional host, I think it would be a good idea to post to your guests how you will take precautions, otherwise they may not feel protected or safe. You still have a month and a half for your guests to become uncomfortable.

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Because these people don't see the importance of it and/or take other people's health seriously? If they did, probably would be vaxxed already. Any time we talk to them about it, they don't go crazy on us, but they do say they will never get vaxxed, and all this "covid nonsense" is no big deal. Um, you do know that your nephew went through gene therapy and has been in quarantine for 2 years now with his whole immune system knocked out, and that I had extended family members die? Plus like, reality? They live in an expensive gated community that leans heavily toward a certain political bent, I think they are isolated from other experiences.

View Quoted Comment That's because unfortunately something like medicine, which should be netural, has become highly politicized and anything politicized is subject to a lot of misinformation. I have a close family member that is not attending because she is against vaccines as a concept, among other things that are based on science, not layman's opinion. Since I'm hosting, I'd feel responsible for not having the safest measures in place. Other measures are nice in theory but in practice, with eating drinking and dancing, they won't be adhered to sufficiently, especially when relying on people who already have a misconception of how to be safe to carry then out.