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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op your husband is right

Your sibling is a POS

Your  mother deserves better from you what are you thinking?

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OP - what am I thinking?  I'm not driving the train here.  Even if I were to hypothetically drop out, my sister would find a way for my mother to get there (likely with the unvaxxed sibling).  I am trying to be a good sibling in helping out, as she will be occupied with wedding planning stuff.[/quote]

But you can use any leverage you have to push for responsible safety precautions, for goodness's sakes. Unless this is crazy Trumpland, surely people will be fine with a vaccine requirement.

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I talked to my sister about that.  She said both the wedding and reception are outside, and that she anticipates the pandemic will be much improved by then but that they would consider implementing any safeguards closer to the date if they need to.  However, she's looking to book hotels and airfare now, which is what brought up the discussion with DH.  Focus on his part seems to be with my other sibling in particular, and not the wedding guests at large due to possibility of smaller indoor gathering amongst family.[/quote]
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She's wrong. it takes a long time for people to get all doses of vaccines. She has to require them now. It's the height of irresponsibility to not have a vaccine requirement, regardless of case numbers. All it takes is one infected person at the wedding to kill of a number of unvaccinated folks, or at the very least, send them to hospital. If people are vaccinated and case numbers are low at the time of the wedding, then masks may not be required at all! Dangle that for her. She may be scared of asking guests to get vaccinated, but she HAS to.[/b]

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NP. Totally agree with the above in bold. OP, all you can do toward making the bold happen is be clear with sister NOW. Not two months before the wedding.

Remember,  in summer 2020 things were improving overall re: Covid. Fall looked decent. Then, omicron. There is as much chance of another wave of a new variant by the time of this wedding as there is a chance everything will be dandy.

And I think some posters (not the smart PP above) are not seeing that BOTH your mom and your DH's parents, whom he wants the kids to visit, are elderly. Even fully vaxxed and boosted, elderly people are at higher risk of serious issues with Covid and yes, breakthrough infections for the vaxxed and boosted are a real thing.

OP, have you talked with the one sibling who refuses to vaccinate? I'm guessing that ship has sailed and that sib does not respond to requests to vaccinate -- even for your mom's sake. I'm sorry. [/quote]

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