Covid mandate wedding tensions
A little background info: I live in a place that still has lots of Covid restrictions such proof of vaccination being required to enter any restaurant for dine-in, even of you are on the patio.
I am currently pregnant and will be for my wedding. We are also hoping to have a few other vunerable individuals like my 89 year old grandfather and my diabetic sister at the wedding. Even though it will be outdoors at a private residence, we want to follow our town's Covid guidelines as a precaution. The problem is, my fiancé's brother is very against vaccination for political reasons. My partner tried to talk to him about it before we even got pregnant and he was so convinced that the whole thing is a political conspiracy that he refuses to listen to the other side and has zero sympathy for our concerns, especially the fact that our hospital district has seen an increase in stillbirth in women who have had covid (I know that this isn't a statistically sound study, but it and info from the CDC is enough for me to want to be safer than potentially sorry).
Originally I was trying to think of a way we could have him attend in the safest way possible, eg. Wear a mask, isolate for 2 weeks, take a rapid test etc. But the rapid testing isn't as accurate as I originally thought, and when the topic of covid precautions came up, my partner's brother turned it into a political shitshow and started stating half-facts and misinformation to justify his belief that we were totally overreacting.
My partner had enough of this and told him either get vaccinated or don't come. He wasn't going to risk me or the baby (or our other guests) to have someone who didn't seem to care if he could hurt someone else.
I sort of feel like this was a bit harsh, but at the same time, if we had planned the wedding at a normal venue, this would be the rule anyways. While I respect his right to not get vaccinated and have sympathy for people who have doubts and fears about it, he has stated that it his choice is purely political. The fact that he has chosen to put politics over the potential safety of me and my child (and the other guests) and have no remorse about how that could affect others/relationships kind of rubs me the wrong way and I am starting to feel less and less like trying to make accomodations for him.
What do you guys think?
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