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Post by craftedbys on Aug 31, 2021 21:46:37 GMT
I'm assuming that you are staying at a commercial property. If not, I think the onus should be on the host to say "you can only come if you are vaccinated".
When my (very casual) dance class restarted a few months ago the teacher said only those who are vaccinated are allowed to attend. There were a couple ladies who can no longer dance with us. Oh well.
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Post by dawnnikol on Aug 31, 2021 21:49:58 GMT
Nope. Unvaccinated person should stay home. If you don't want to be the bad guy, just stay home.
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Post by Sharon on Aug 31, 2021 21:52:37 GMT
I would go.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 31, 2021 22:10:32 GMT
Well, someone I know went on a girl’s trip like that with 11 friends and brought Covid back home to her at risk DH.
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Post by littlemama on Aug 31, 2021 22:22:23 GMT
Nope. The unvaccinated person should not go. If she is, I would not go.
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 31, 2021 22:24:28 GMT
I went to an outdoor bridal shower a couple of Sundays ago - it was only for a few hours and outside, but I still asked if everyone was vaccinated. If there had been anyone there who was NOT vaccinated, I would not have gone.
I would bring the issue up, if you feel comfortable doing that, or decline to go - and state the reason why. I’m at the point where I am sort of angry at people who choose not to get vaccinated, and I really don’t want to be inside in a group of people with someone who made that choice. And I don’t care if they know they are the reason why I don’t attend.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 31, 2021 22:25:15 GMT
I'm teaching in a building with 650 people, most of whom are probably unvaccinated.
In my circumstance, I'm probably more of a covid risk than the unvaccinated.
Yes I would go. Vaccinated people can spread the virus. Unvaccinated people just tend to catch it and get sicker than Vaccinated
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 31, 2021 23:22:50 GMT
I would not even if everyone was vaccinated. It’s too much time spent in close contact with too many people - not at all like brief casual contacts in a store. I can’t risk being asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic (because real talk: teachers don’t get to stay home for a sniffle) and infecting my unvaccinated students. Everyone is getting all up in arms about being around the unvaccinated. Ya'll do realize that you can contract covid from vaccinated people who are asymptomatic, or who have such mild symptoms they don't realize they have it? If you (general you) are that worried about contracting it as a vaccinated person, then you can only be assured of not getting it by staying home, avoiding all travel and group get-togethers. I am saying this from personal experience. My vaccinated DH caught covid most likely from one of his vaccinated co-workers. I (also vaccinated) caught Covid from him. My case was so mild that I would have never known I had the virus had the nurses at the ER not had me get tested. My only symptom was nasal congestion, which I always have this time of year from allergies, with no other symptoms . Those of you convinced you can do group activities/travel and not get covid are fooling yourselves. You may not end up in the hospital like DH, but you can still get it to varying degrees. It will depend on the viral load that you contract. If I were that worried about catching Covid, I would stay home from a trip like this.
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Post by peabay on Aug 31, 2021 23:27:59 GMT
Nope. Might consider it if everyone was vaccinated and took rapid tests before the weekend, but not at all, ever, with someone unvaxxed.
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Post by dizzycheermom on Aug 31, 2021 23:39:51 GMT
At the beginning of the month my daughter (vaxxed) went to the beach for her besties' bachelorette party weekend. Bestie is also vaxxed. Very close around each other all weekend, they all left Sunday morning. Sunday night a couple started showing symptoms. 3 ended up positive, only 1 of those 3 were vaxxed. Daughter got tested several times but never had symptoms and never tested positive. The girls were drinking after each other and stuff all weekend. And my daughter was very adamant to keep all the girls together and got them in one uber back to the house each night. They were squeezed in, but she was not going to chance something happening to them.
All that to say that you have to do what you feel is best. I think the chances are low enough that I would do it, but you have to go with your gut and what you are comfortable with. Good luck!
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Post by nlwilkins on Aug 31, 2021 23:53:39 GMT
.... 3 ended up positive, only 1 of those 3 were vaxxed.... Like I mentioned above, you can infect others before the first symptom appears. It can take two or more days before the first symptom appears. At least one of the girls was sick before she even came to the weekend but did not know it. As it stands, the vaccination does not perform miracles, and we still need to be careful. But, better to be vaccinated than not.
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Post by dizzycheermom on Sept 1, 2021 0:08:24 GMT
.... 3 ended up positive, only 1 of those 3 were vaxxed.... Like I mentioned above, you can infect others before the first symptom appears. It can take two or more days before the first symptom appears. At least one of the girls was sick before she even came to the weekend but did not know it. As it stands, the vaccination does not perform miracles, and we still need to be careful. But, better to be vaccinated than not.
Yes definitely!
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Post by mnmloveli on Sept 1, 2021 0:15:29 GMT
I would not go.
Right now I’m still wearing my mask in all stores and my vaccinated bubble is very small. For me, I don’t believe it’s time for traveling or socializing indoors or parties. There are just too many cases of breakthrough covid. I might not die but I don’t want to be as sick as these people are getting even though they are fully vaccinated.
I’m totally happy in my little bubble.
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Post by seaexplore on Sept 1, 2021 0:46:41 GMT
Nope. I would NOT be going.
I'm in a classroom with kids who are not vaccinated. I am vaccinated. I fear that I will end up with it because of my students.
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Post by cmpeter on Sept 1, 2021 0:48:59 GMT
In our group, the unvaccinated person would not be allowed to attend. We are scheduled to have a weekend crop in October and everyone must be vaccinated to attend.
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Post by dewryce on Sept 1, 2021 0:56:01 GMT
Another that wouldn’t go even if everyone is vaccinated. This isn’t an outdoor event of limited timeframe but rather prolonged indoor exposure and a much higher likelihood of transmission. And maybe you’re okay with that risk for yourself, but what about the other people you have contact with?
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Sept 1, 2021 1:06:12 GMT
In theory, I might say I would stay away, but in reality, I start with students next Tuesday in a county with less than 40% vaccinated and no mask mandate Pk-12—so what the hell? Why not?
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 1, 2021 1:50:43 GMT
Everyone is getting all up in arms about being around the unvaccinated. Ya'll do realize that you can contract covid from vaccinated people who are asymptomatic, or who have such mild symptoms they don't realize they have it? If you (general you) are that worried about contracting it as a vaccinated person, then you can only be assured of not getting it by staying home, avoiding all travel and group get-togethers. I'm not all up in arms, but at this point in the pandemic I'm choosing not to spend a weekend in close contact with anyone who is choosing to not get vaccinated. We all have different degrees of comfort with being out and about these days. I still mask because I don't assume for a second that those unmasked around me are vaccinated. I also think it is unfair if more grace is given to the unvaccinated person's comfort level than those vaccinated.
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Post by tincin on Sept 1, 2021 2:32:14 GMT
I wouldn’t go if an unvaccinated person went. I’ve been to two quilt retreats this summer but everyone at both retreats had gotten both of their shots. I will take my chances with vaccinated people because their odds of having it are far less than thos of unvaccinated people. Plus I think many unvaccinated people take more risks like not wearing masks and such.
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Post by finsup on Sept 1, 2021 2:34:03 GMT
Thank you all so much for the feedback. I was definitely thinking no way but started to question my sanity when I realized I’m the only one in the group who seems to care, even among the ones who have been the most careful. I agree with you that the unvaccinated person is the one who should step aside, but I’m not going to issue an ultimatum when I’m the only one in the group who cares. It just makes me sad. It is definitely doable for me to just go out for the day on the Saturday because I can be outside, so I think may do that.
Interestingly, the couple of people who lean conservative in our group are vaxed, and this person is left leaning. She is an alternative medicine sort but never had been so in a crazy way, but she has a rabid anti-vax daughter who begged her not to get it. 🙄 She was masking, etc. and would probably mask if I asked her to, but it would be like 48 hours straight, and she needs to sleep and eat.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 1, 2021 2:40:06 GMT
If you are vaccinated the chances of you dying are very slim. I would go. Life is really short and you are probably around unvaccinated people all the time. I would ask that unvaccinated person to wear a mask. This is where I stand too. I feel like I can still get it, but I probably won't end up really sick like so many unvaccinated are. I would really appreciate it if the unvaccinated person was at least tested though. ETA: I only have one vaccinated adult in the house other than me, so I don't have that worry that many people do of spreading to a child or someone immunocompromised. My spouse teaches at a college (all wear masks indoors) and also works at a gym where most of his clients are vaccinated but I am sure many others in there are not
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 1, 2021 3:13:15 GMT
In theory, I might say I would stay away, but in reality, I start with students next Tuesday in a county with less than 40% vaccinated and no mask mandate Pk-12—so what the hell? Why not? definitely skews my thinking.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 1, 2021 3:20:12 GMT
I wouldn’t go if an unvaccinated person went. I’ve been to two quilt retreats this summer but everyone at both retreats had gotten both of their shots. I will take my chances with vaccinated people because their odds of having it are far less than thos of unvaccinated people. Plus I think many unvaccinated people take more risks like not wearing masks and such. I think this is true just based on what I’ve personally witnessed from the unvaxxed people I know. They’re not masking anywhere, they’re getting together in big groups, taking vacations, basically going on living their best lives like Covid isn’t a thing. Even though I’m vaxxed and if I got it I likely wouldn’t get very ill, I’ve been pretty careful with who I’ve been spending time with, keeping my distance when I am around other people outside my immediate family and I never stopped masking. I would think other vaccinated people like me who have continued to be careful are at a much lower risk than people who have been running around mixing and mingling with anybody and everybody. DH’s good friend (unvaxxed, as is his wife and most of their extended family, and who fall into the first category I described);called tonight and was telling DH that they had just been on vacation at one of their timeshares and had been around a bunch of their extended family. Surprise, surprise, a whole bunch of them got Covid. The friend and his wife managed to not catch it, and DH asked him if they were going to get the vax now. Nope, they’re still not gonna do it. He even went on to say that his hospital worker daughter expects to be let go from her job soon because she refuses to get vaxxed and now that Pfizer is approved her workplace is requiring it before November 1st. She would rather lose her job than get vaccinated. Oh, and not only that, she is morbidly obese and probably has multiple risk factors for getting severely ill if she catches Covid. But yeah, let’s just roll the dice and take our chances.
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Post by travelsoul on Sept 1, 2021 3:22:47 GMT
I was supposed to go to a girls weekend last weekend and I did not go. I based my decision on, 1. Although I am vaccinated, my six year old is not. (Nor is my husband but that’s an entirely different thread). 2. The host rented a private house and there was not going to be any mask wearing. 3. There were 30 ladies and many of them not VX’d.
If I had a 100% VX’d house and we were getting together at a hotel where I could have my own room and mask wearing would have happened, I would have gone even with not everyone being VX’d.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 1, 2021 3:24:05 GMT
I was supposed to go to a girls weekend last weekend and I did not go. I based my decision on, 1. Although I am vaccinated, my six year old is not. (Nor is my husband but that’s an entirely different thread). 2. The host rented a private house and there was not going to be any mask wearing. 3. There were 30 ladies and many of them not VX’d. If I had a 100% VX’d house and we were getting together at a hotel where I could have my own room and mask wearing would have happened, I would have gone even with not everyone being VX’d. how big was the house??
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Post by travelsoul on Sept 1, 2021 3:28:30 GMT
I was supposed to go to a girls weekend last weekend and I did not go. I based my decision on, 1. Although I am vaccinated, my six year old is not. (Nor is my husband but that’s an entirely different thread). 2. The host rented a private house and there was not going to be any mask wearing. 3. There were 30 ladies and many of them not VX’d. If I had a 100% VX’d house and we were getting together at a hotel where I could have my own room and mask wearing would have happened, I would have gone even with not everyone being VX’d. how big was the house?? Pretty big. It was supposed to sleep 12. They brought some air mattresses to fit more and not everyone stayed the night. Some just came for the day.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 1, 2021 3:30:44 GMT
Pretty big. It was supposed to sleep 12. They brought some air mattresses to fit more and not everyone stayed the night. Some just came for the day. wow. I would not have been comfortable doing that in non covid times. Too many people
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Post by destined2bmom on Sept 1, 2021 3:38:01 GMT
I would not attend. In my girls group, we have one non-vaccinated because she says that she is allergic to something in the vaccine. We meet for lunch or dinner every 3 weeks. One wanted the non-vaccinated to attend and the rest of us said absolutely not. I understand wanting to have social interaction but at what cost? I think the non-vaccinated one should sit this one out. And I have been wearing a mask again out in public for the last three weeks. I just want to protect my health and my family’s health as much as possible.
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 1, 2021 12:29:13 GMT
Because the Delta variant is being transmitted even among vaccinated people, I would say no to this event.
I absolutely will not gather with anyone not vaccinated.
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Post by lbp on Sept 1, 2021 13:52:35 GMT
We just had our first book club meeting in 18 months last Friday. Our rule was, if you aren't vaccinated, you can't attend. Simple as that.
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