I wouldn’t go if I had it, but am curious if everyone out there is testing.
At the moment if I am meeting anyone outside my own household indoors then yes I am testing. Doubly so if they are elderly. LFTs don't always pick up the fact that you have Covid but they do pick up when you are most likely to infect other people, with or without symptoms.
Of course I don’t want to endanger lives. I guess my issue is that we have all been jabbed. If we get it, it’s not going to endanger lives. Both sets of parents are old not vulnerable.
Old means vulnerable to Covid.
Is everyone really testing all the time?
I don't test all the time. It hasn't been necessary until very recently and I don't meet people much (sad life me!) and pre-Christmas events have been cancelled. But I have been testing regularly and since the last couple of weeks, when I'm going to meet people outside my household indoors, I test. Omicron is not funny.
Do you have any faith in the jabs?
Triple jagged is a big improvement on double (or nothing at all!) but it isn't a total guarantee. Omicron spreads very easily so the more safety measure we take the safer everyone is.
We need to do all these things to meet up reasonably safely this Christmas. Not just say "We're testing so we don't need to vaccinate" or "we're vaccinated so we don't need to test".
No, I wouldn't ask my guests to test. Vulnerable people should assess their own risk and don't join any gatherings if they are worried.
Most people wouldn't want to have to tell their own parents "sorry but if you want to come to my house for Christmas you'll have to take the risk because Bro and his family wont do tests". They would rather say "Enjoy yourselves, we've all made it as safe for you as we possibly can".