Would you go to a wedding if vaccine was required?

View Quoted Comment Demanding my medical information is demanding private, protected information and is crossing about 15 lines.

View Quoted Comment But it is not a HIPPA violation.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I totally agree with you. I can see why some people would like to ask for the physical card, especially if you’re having a big wedding with extended family/friends who you don’t know. But honestly, if you’re going to ask something like this of people, I feel like a phone call is in order to explain yourself and just ask them about it on the call. There’s a certain amount of trust involved in doing it this way, but it feels like the best way to get it done without it feeling super intrusive. And also, completely agree re: HIPPA! People keep throwing this word around and it’s just not true! If this was true we wouldn’t be able to talk to any other people about our health, which obviously isn’t the way it is. That said, avoiding asking for a physical card does avoid any debate about HIPPA which is great.

View Quoted Comment Your medical information isn’t protected information unless it’s between you and your medical provider (per HIPPA).
You’re obviously legally allowed to tell your friend about your medical issues and your friend is legally allowed to repeat that information to their friend. It might be rude but it is legally allowed.
On the other hand, you do not have to share any medical information you don’t want to.HIPPA just protects the sharing of medical information between medical providers and their patients.

View Quoted Comment Ok, but my EMPLOYER can't demand my medical records.


If an employer can't do it, a wedding invite would be so out of line as to be thrown in the trash.

View Quoted Comment What? Yes your employer can absolutely ask you for a doctor’s note, for example to make sure you’re actually out sick.
Per the HHS website: “Your employer can ask you for a doctor’s note or other health information if they need the information for sick leave, worker’s compensation, wellness programs, or health insurance”

Your employer just can’t ask your medical provider directly for that information.
Anyways, all I’m saying is that asking for vaccine cards or covid test results is not a HIPPA violation. Crossing an etiquette line does not make it illegal under HIPPA.

You getting your friends medical records from their doctor without their permission is against the HIPAA law. However your friend giving you their medical records isn't against the HIPAA law.


It's not against the law If a guest willingly gives the bride and groom their own medical record.

Absolutely not. I’m fully vaccinated, and I still wouldn’t go - just based on principle (but I’m stubborn and a wee bit petty). The bride and groom don’t get to dictate medical choices.

Apparently Krispy Kreme is giving free donuts a day for a year if you show your vaccine card...so I guess it all depends on how badly you want a donut or to attend a wedding in order to divulge your medical info.

Personally I would not go. I understand their reasoning for requesting that information, but for me it just crosses too many lines to request that so many people provide you with their personal private medical information. While not actually illegal, it still does put a very sour taste in my mouth. There are people who have been advised not to get it for whatever reason, some who aren't even eligible to receive it yet, and still others who want to know the long-term effects before submitting to it. There's just a lot of stuff that a blanket requirement like that ignores without any wiggle room for exceptions or special cases.

View Quoted Comment This us wrong. There are legal rules about *storing* medical data for everyone. This is the reason that the vaccine-for-concerts thing is never going to happen, per Tickermaster

View Quoted Comment I think eating a donut everyday probably outweighs the health benefits of getting the vaccine

Nope not their business.

The only wedding I would attend these days would be if everyone in attendance was vaccinated (I already am), so yes, absolutely!

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Yes! Agreed! Guests are going to celebrate the newly wed, NOT to provide their health record just because the venue or States ask for it. They don't do anything with the information other than just to violate people's private information!

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Yes, agreed! It's also a no brainer for guests that if they're not feeling well or experiencing symptoms, then they probably will not come.

If the venue is the one requiring it, then yes I'd still go, BUT not show any vaccination proof. I'm going to a wedding, not trying to go through TSA or anything here.

If the bride and groom are the ones requesting it, then probably not. Just the fact that they can't trust me to verbally say I'm fine and do not have COVID.

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Agreed!

Our venue says she will have to refuse guests who cannot provide paper proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within the past 72 hours.

It's like please don't try to make us (bride and groom) as the bad guys here asking for paper proof because we can't take our guests' words for it. If they say they're negative or have no symptoms, then we trust them.

Depends on whose wedding it will be

I would be fine with it. I respect others choice not to vaccinate but the comfort of the host is important to me. There might be a good reason you don't know about. It might be required because one or more VIP guests are high risk and CAN'T get vaccinated (there are many preexisting health conditions that either compromise your immune system or their treatment does). Regardless, the couple getting married should expect some guests will decline on principle and be very upset/offended, possibly ending friendships or causing family rifts.


Personally, I am not requiring it for my guests. No reason to do so. I have talked to the majority of my guests and they either already have gotten vaccinated or plan on getting it soon.