Would you let your fully-vaccinated parent come over for dinner?

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Anonymous wrote:Bad idea. The variants are here and they are deadly. Nothing will save us.

+ 1. Don’t kill your parents. Vaccinations aren’t 100%. You have two choices 1) never see your parents again, 2) kill them.

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Anonymous wrote:What's the point of getting vaccinated then if not for returning to normalcy.

The issue is not everyone is vaccinated. If everyone in this scenario was vaccinated my own perspective would shift. And when we have mass vaccination at a population level, say 70% or the country, then cases should drop dramatically as long as variants don’t overcome the vaccines. And when cases drop dramatically, we can do things in a fairly normal sense.

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Yes, of course I would. They are protected, and also have some high degree of protection from being infectious.

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Yes. We are counting the days. My parents 2nd shots are in a few weeks.

My kids go to preschool so we have been outdoors and masked to protect them. We will have them over indoors a few weeks after their 2nd dose.

They will not resume travel or indoor church or rec center activities until we are vaccinated- or we’ll take a break from seeing them if they have something they want to go to.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I am continuing to meet up outside and masked for now, as the CDC and Fauci recommends for mixed groups (some vaccinated, some not).

Same. DH and I aren't vaccinated yet. And his parents CAN'T be in our bubble since they'd have to fly across the country to get here.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. We are counting the days. My parents 2nd shots are in a few weeks.

My kids go to preschool so we have been outdoors and masked to protect them. We will have them over indoors a few weeks after their 2nd dose.

They will not resume travel or indoor church or rec center activities until we are vaccinated- or we’ll take a break from seeing them if they have something they want to go to.

This is my concern. My in laws are waiting for their second dose. I can't wait to see them - but if they can't wait to see everyone else they know, it's going to be a tough conversation.

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Absolutely! I haven't seen my parents since my daughter was born 18 months ago. I can't wait to see them again.

[Anonymous]

Yes. My mom will be flying here in June to see us for the first time in 18 months. Hopefully DH and I will have the vaccine by then, but our kids won’t.

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Yes, if she's being careful and no one is high risk. If someone is high risk, I'm holding off and doing outdoor only

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Anonymous wrote:No. I am continuing to meet up outside and masked for now, as the CDC and Fauci recommends for mixed groups (some vaccinated, some not).

Same. The data looks promising and my guess is that they’ll okay it soon.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I am continuing to meet up outside and masked for now, as the CDC and Fauci recommends for mixed groups (some vaccinated, some not).

Yeah I’d say see your mom, but outside and masked, just to be safe.

[Anonymous]

Of course. What’s the point of vaccination otherwise??

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I am continuing to meet up outside and masked for now, as the CDC and Fauci recommends for mixed groups (some vaccinated, some not).

Same. The data looks promising and my guess is that they’ll okay it soon.

You guess? Not good enough.

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Anonymous wrote:What's the point of getting vaccinated then if not for returning to normalcy.

The issue is not everyone is vaccinated. If everyone in this scenario was vaccinated my own perspective would shift. And when we have mass vaccination at a population level, say 70% or the country, then cases should drop dramatically as long as variants don’t overcome the vaccines. And when cases drop dramatically, we can do things in a fairly normal sense.

Cases have dropped dramatically due to some immunity, mostly from past infection, in the population. Even UK and South Africa saw dramatic drops while variants spread.

Agree to be cautious, but not seeing vaccinated people is too far in my opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I am continuing to meet up outside and masked for now, as the CDC and Fauci recommends for mixed groups (some vaccinated, some not).

Yeah I’d say see your mom, but outside and masked, just to be safe.

I am surprised people wouldn’t see their parents outside before vaccination. Outdoor transmission is extremely unlikely..to the point that the mask is not going to make any difference.