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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is insane.   You and your husband are fine to  have his elderly parent alone on Christmas?

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He is choosing to remain unvaxxed.

I would tell him that [b]if he gets vaxxed a[/b]nd is willing to do a covid test, you would love to have him for Christmas. Otherwise, no.

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Attempting to strong-arm him into getting vaccinated is wrong.  Asking for the test is reasonable though not the most logical in this scenario.

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Oh I’m totally fine with strong-arming someone to get vaccinated. But this isn’t even strong-arming. [b]I only want to be around vaccinated people.[/b] If you aren’t vaccinated stay at home! Everyone is then making their own choices. And is accepting the consequences of those choices.[/quote]

You are never going to be able to eliminate the presence of unvaccinated people.   They will still be in grocery stores, restuarants, your kids' schools, your work place (unless you exclusively work from home), and many other places.[/quote]

Yeah, cool. We are talking about inviting an unvaccinated person over to your home to eat a meal. So that’s a situation OP can totally control.[/quote]

Of course she can.   But "controlling" to the point of ostracizing an elderly parent on Christmas is pretty descpicable.   OP, and those like her, should remember what behavior they are modeling for their own children.[/quote]

Yeah, no. Don't invite anti-vax grandpa to Christmas. He has to live with the consequences of his choices and quite frankly, the anti-vax people deserve that they get. If that's getting COVID and dying when they could have gotten a safe, effective, and free vaccine any time in the last 6+ months, that's what they get. If that's being alone on Christmas because they refuse to participate in basic public safety decisions that are, again, safe, effective, and free, then that's what they get.

Honestly, I think it's admirable that OP is thinking about this at all. My husband's mother is also a strident anti-vaxxer and we are not seeing her either until the pandemic is over-over or she changes her mind. She understands that she's entirely in control of changing this dynamic and it's more important to her to cling her anti-vax propaganda than it is to see her son and granddaughters. If she called me today and said she was sad to be alone for the holidays, I would remind her that all she has to do is go get her vaccines (2 shot series, not J&J) and send me proof. Since she has lied to us in the past, "[b]proof" needs to be a picture of her receiving the vaccine [/b]and a photo of the card with the date and dose # etc.

OP, don't listen to these PPs. You have the right to decide who comes in your house.[/quote]

oh yeah.  I remember you.   
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I'm not actually the poster you're thinking of, but I remember her too. That's where I got the idea. Wouldn't have been necessary if she hadn't lied about COVID stuff to get access to the kids in the past.[/quote]

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