Vaccine required?

Absolutely not. There is no excuse for invading someone else's medical privacy.

Thank you to everyone who NICELY gave their opinions

View Quoted Comment I 100 percent agree with this!!!!!

No, ma'am. I would not uninvite them.

View Quoted Comment Yes, I agree with you. Whew.

I won't uninvite guests for not getting vaccinated, but do want our wedding to be safe for everyone to attend (grandparents, those with weakened immune systems). I would hate to invite friends and family and be responsible for a Super Spreader event. I think my fiance' and I might encourage it to those who are wishing to attend. We won't be asking for proof or records from our guests, just that everyone do their part if they're able. I don't think that's too much to ask. If they're not comfortable attending we would completely understand.

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. I will make masks mandatory inside, but there's a large outside area too for breaks. And obviously at tables with families. I hope people will get vaccines to do their part. I got mine

At this point (Feb 2021, planning a wedding for Oct 2021) I will make it clear on my invitations that I expect my guests to be vaccinated, to protect my family and especially my elderly family. Guests who for some reason choose not to get the vaccine could be invited to join via livestream… I would NOT be comfortable bringing unvaccinated people into a close gathering when it could put my most important loved ones at risk of a deadly disease that has gripped us in a global pandemic for a year. And it would be too hard to try to have a mask policy just for unvaccinated people. My family's health and safety is more important than someone's feelings or pride, and celebrating safely is the only way I want to celebrate.

View Quoted Comment The vaccine isn't proven to prevent spread of the virus so this doesn't make a lot of sense to me

View Quoted Comment While it's not it's pretty likely that it does. All other vaccines stop the spread of whatever they are for. They just can't officially say this one does yet.

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True, it has not been proven yet. It is still a topic of study and will take several more weeks and months for scientists to get a better picture of how the various vaccines affect transmission of covid. However people who get their vaccine are more likely to have been taking more overall precautions and I trust that type of behavior more to bring around my elderly family.

My fiance and I have started talking about this. I'm a type 1 diabetic and have already done my initial sign-up for a vaccine in Illinois, but it will be at least a month before I can get it. Our parents are in Ohio; my fiance's mom and stepdad got theirs two weeks ago while my dad got his first round yesterday. For the most part, I think most of the people we invited will in fact be vaccinated by October, as we have a fair number of healthcare workers and people with preexisting conditions on the guest list. However, my dad told us that his girlfriend, who lives in Kentucky, is currently holding out on getting hers. We don't know her exact reasons, although she does come from a very religious family. My dad told her he won't go see her again until she's vaccinated, and for the sake of her age, we suggested that if she's not vaccinated by October, she shouldn't come to the wedding. We'd hate to have to put that limitation on people, but we have to think of the safety of those who do plan to come, as well as our own. I suppose we'll think of something down the road.

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It's so hard, but ultimately I think your own health and safety (as well as the health and safety of other loved ones who could be at risk) have to come first, before any "etiquette" or "feelings" concerns. Good luck!

No. I find it pretty ironic that while I know well over 50 people who have been ill with COVID (myself and my immediate family included) I don't know anyone who was hospitalized with it and all have recovered without any complications. On the other hand, in the short amount of time the vaccine has been available in my area I've had one family member and one friend who ended up hospitalized 36 hours after taking their 1st dose and two more acquaintances who ended up in the ER after their 1st doses. The very fact that you still have to remain muzzled like a dog even if you do get the vaccine has me questioning how efficacious it really is.

I’m battling this myself right now as my wedding is I’m July of this year. Myself and my fiancé are both in the healthcare field and are proponents of the vaccine especially considering we have some highly immunocompromised people in our family and no I’m not willing to risks their lives for one night of celebration. I posted on my website website asking people to get completely vaccinate at least two weeks before the wedding. Personally I am willing to disinvite anyone that doesn’t comply (barring they don’t have some true medical reason they cannot get it like my sister-in-law) but I don’t know if my fiancé will agree. I already am aware of several guests who are vaccine conspiracist who we will likely have an issue with but for the most part I think our families are in agreement.

We had heavily been leaning towards vaccine-mandatory for in-person at our wedding, and recently decided this was the only way we ourselves would feel comfortable having several people get together to celebrate. I finally found a really good article about it today that really summed up our feelings. She said "it is much easier to feel joy when we feel safe. We choose to prioritize health and safety for this reason". I have close family who've opted out of vaccinating. Because of this I've also felt shamed and guilted over making this decision, but the decision was still the only way we felt comfortable moving forward (these are also people who would have to travel from out of state and generally don't follow distancing and mask requirements unless enforced, like at a store - they aren't going to make a stink, but they'll have large gatherings and get togethers with whomever they like, drive out of town often without following protocols, etc.)

reading this article really only solidified that this is our wedding and we need to proceed with what makes US most comfortable. Anyone who wants to be upset about it and no longer want to attend even virtually are welcome to leave our lives from it. We have absolutely decided that this can be a hill we die on if we need to

no one is requesting their medical history, or demanding they have the vaccine - we will be live-streaming the wedding for those who are not comfortable coming to our wedding for ANY reason.

Our comfort is stated, and since this is our party, we will make those rules as we see fit

I would be furious if someone uninvited me solely because of me not getting a vaccine. I'm severely allergic to some things and the vaccine isn't recommended to me, so my medical history/reason is none of their business.

View Quoted Comment On the other hand nobody has the right to an invite to MY wedding and if I don't want to be around a risky person that's my buisness

I'm requiring it. I have high risk children coming and need to protect them.

View Quoted Comment Love this!