Would you go to a wedding next weekend?

[weddingguesttbc]

Am vaccinated and RSVP'd yes. Not old or CEV but I am wary.

Would you go? They've likely paid for me already. I have booked a hotel etc.

Doubts over whether it will even happen at this rate.

Do you think it will happen? (if it doesn't, I guess I wait for now and do nothing) and if it does, would you go?

Just go unless you want to spend the rest of this year and possibly next year living like you are scared anxious and over reacting There will probably be another super duper variant next year .

I went out 2 weeks ago to a nightclub that was packed
No covid safety procedures because well it’s a nightclub and dancing around and singing and being a bit drunk is what you do 😂
I have another big night out planned on the 18th Dec and on Boxing Day same sort of night drinking dancing partying till 4am
I was more pissed of that I broke my sole on my shoe at the end of the night than I was about catching Covid
I’ve been double jabbed - still got Covid 2 months later
I will have my booster in January
But nothing short of lockdown is going to stop me from enjoying myself

I wouldn't go. But wouldn't blame anyone who did. You have to feel comfortable.

[quote weddingguesttbc]@Dyra are you working on the assumption it will go ahead?[/quote]
Absolutely.

Naturally hoping and praying that a lockdown won't be suddenly announced as the rest of week goes by. But unless the bride and/or groom tells me otherwise, I'm going to be there.

Of course I’d go! Literally hysteria over nothing all the studies so far have shown it’s significantly less severe in terms of actual symptoms. Yes it spreads much faster but you don’t get as poorly by far, all that’s happened is face masks on in shops again, that’s it and the uk has gone hysterical practically locking themselves down again voluntarily 🤦‍♀️

Without a shadow of a doubt.

I’ve got a big event next week. And one the week after in London. And a day trip to France between Christmas and New Year. And a trip to the states in January.

I’m double jabbed with my booster booked end of this week. My husband and children had covid in September and despite sharing a bed and bathroom I didn’t catch it.

@CoachBeardless

I read that the new variant is very mild?

I've read that too. Apparently in SA there has been no rise in cases being admitted to hospital so the evidence seems to suggest it may be a more virulent, but much milder mutation.

There are currently 32 cases of the new variant in the whole country. You'd have to be extremely unfortunate to catch it.

32 known cases. And assuming that number is correct (I can’t find confirmation of it) that is a significant increase from two days ago. Worth remembering only 20% of PCRs are randomly sent for genome testing, and the only other reason to do so is in a suspected case.

You’re not wrong that the number is currently low, and the odds seem unlikely for OP catching it, but it is worth noting the actual detail around the numbers rather than just saying there are only x number in the whole of the Country.

I am still recovering after having been ill for Covid with ten days (and am double vaxxed and now can't have my booster for 28 days) I wouldn't be going. I have no idea where I caught Covid from as I have been very careful (CEV mum). It must have been someone literally in passing. My main concern is that I catch it and pass it to my mum or to any other vulnerable people, of which there are a few in my extended family.

I think anyone who goes to big events right now is mad but then, reading through the rest of the replies on this thread, I see I am in a very small minority.

Apparently in SA there has been no rise in cases being admitted to hospital so the evidence seems to suggest it may be a more virulent, but much milder mutation.

Which is what we really want from Covid. For it to reduce back to the same type of issue as we have with flu. Much easier for us to live with it then.

Although I had read there was a rise in hospitalisations, perhaps due to sheer number rather than any more worrying affect of the variant. But, to be honest there is so little actually known about it, it all just becomes rumour and suupposition.

I think anyone who goes to big events right now is mad but then, reading through the rest of the replies on this thread, I see I am in a very small minority.

I wouldn’t go. I wish it were possible that more people wouldn’t, but I do accept all the arguments people have for going. It’s a tough one but not really for me to judge.

[quote Nicknacky]@Wonnle Why wouldnt you go to a wedding?[/quote]
I can't stand them , those and family get togethers

@SeenYourArse

Of course I’d go! Literally hysteria over nothing all the studies so far have shown it’s significantly less severe in terms of actual symptoms. Yes it spreads much faster but you don’t get as poorly by far, all that’s happened is face masks on in shops again, that’s it and the uk has gone hysterical practically locking themselves down again voluntarily 🤦‍♀️

None of this is actually known yet and 'all the studies' amount to the anecdote of one doctor who added the caveat that most of her patients were young and therefore at low risk of serious illness anyway.

OP, I'd probably go as I'm triple jabbed but I can fully understand hesitancy too. Really pisses me off when anyone expressing this is accused of quaking in their boots and not living their life

Depends
I dislike weddings so nothing to do with covid would be reluctant to go.
On the other hand dd is grown up and has went to a couple of weddings this year, one quite big.
If you normally enjoy weddings and are close to the couple go.

Being fully vaccinated and most venues ask for clear tests or proof of vaccine so I wouldn't worry about that.
If you take a couple of pretty masks and a small hand sanitizer in your bag .

@RonaLisa totally agree! In fact,most accidents happen at home so not safe there either 😂

Government themselves said we are miles away from any lockdown so this wedding and all others will go ahead

I’d be making sure all the people I meet know not to name me as a contact to t&t tho - Covid postive or not

@Notahandmaid for some of us our work involves mixing with a lot of people (in my case unvaccinated children) so there's no option to keep myself away from others. Am not worried about Covid at all. It's an illness that is now part of our lives just as flu is, stomach bugs etc

Yes I'd go

I wouldn’t go for fear of catching COVID and wrecking my Christmas plans

Apparently in SA there has been no rise in cases being admitted to hospital so the evidence seems to suggest it may be a more virulent, but much milder mutation.

There is no real evidence that omicron is milder, we just don't have the data to know that yet. More virulent actually means more serious. I think you meant more transmissible, although it may not be more transmissible either, it might be the effects of immune escape that is making it appear more transmissible compared to delta in a population where many people have immunity from vaccination or infection, thus reducing delta's ability to infect people.

Worth remembering only 20% of PCRs are randomly sent for genome testing

True but one of the targets used in PCRs is on the S gene where omicron (and alpha) has a deletion so you can deduce that it is either omicron or alpha. Alpha is very uncommon in the UK currently.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-variants-genomically-confirmed-case-numbers/variants-distribution-of-case-data-26-november-2021

I wouldn't be worrying about omicron at a wedding next week if you are vaccinated and healthy, OP. I think it is safe to assume that there are very few cases in the UK at the moment, even if there are more than we know about. I might be a bit more cautious if it were in Glasgow or somewhere where there are confirmed cases.

I’d absolutely be going.
We’ve all missed out on too much.
I’m triple jabbed. I would take a lft on the day but other than that I’d be there like a shot.

Yes I would. I'm a little anxious about catching covid but I'm still going to special events and a wedding is pretty special.
I have no idea whether this is effective or not but everytime I go to a crowded place I have a liberal snort of the Vicks First Defence. I did go to an event that actually turned out to be a super spreader event and I didnt get it.

[quote GreenFingersWouldBeHandy]**@3WildOnes* I am not anxious about catching Covid though.*

Um... have you been living in a cave for the past 2 years? I've lost two friends to COVID and almost lost another who is now registered as disabled while she recovers. Which will take 18-24 months at best.

What is it that you're not anxious about?[/quote]
Not being anxious about it doesn't mean not understanding the possible impact. It just means not having it be at the forefront of all I do. I understand covid is a risk, I understand the possible outcomes (probably more than most), but it isn't impacting my every day life beyond mask wearing and social distancing.

I'd go OP.

I might be a bit more cautious if it were in Glasgow

To be fair @chesirecat99, that’s good advice even not in a pandemic 😆

(Just kidding, before all the weegies pile on😀)

[quote weddingguesttbc]@Dozer if the vaccine doesn't work on the new variant and I catch Covid [/quote]
Even with the previous variants, you could still catch covid after being double jabbed.
For a wedding, I’d go.

[quote weddingguesttbc]@Dozer if the vaccine doesn't work on the new variant and I catch Covid [/quote]
Oh my days. Stop reading the The Sun.

For the last 18 months now, every variant according to the tabloids will be vaccine resistant and then when the real world data comes in, low and behold, it isnt.

No variant has been vaccine resistant. It slightly lowers protection, but still vaccines offer high protection.
If you do it get it, especially with being double jabbed, you would get mild symptoms anyway.

Give your head a wobble, stop reading non sense and go to the wedding which they have paid for.