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Would you have non-vaccinated people in your house?

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NormaSnorks · 01/07/2021 15:32

I am part of a reading group. 8 of us used to meet in each other's houses on a rotating basis. Have been on zoom for last 14 months but we are starting to discuss return to hosting at home.

One member is ardent anti-vaxxer and two other members have said privately that they don't want her in their homes as they believe she presents a higher risk. One has an elderly relative at home and the other a CEV child.

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actiongirl1978 · 01/07/2021 15:33

I can't imagine asking someone what their vax status is.

Yes I would. And I work in a school with unvaccinated people. And I am still not worried!

Waxonwaxoff0 · 01/07/2021 15:34

Yes I would. I'm low risk though and not scared of getting Covid.

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 01/07/2021 15:35

How would I even know who's vaccinated or not? It's not like I'm asking for Visitor Entry Form when someone comes over.

HumunaHey · 01/07/2021 15:35

Wouldn't bother me to have an unvaccinatedoerdon in my house. But when it's your own house, you set the rules.

BlackeyedSusan · 01/07/2021 15:36

Not if cev or elderly people live there.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 01/07/2021 15:37

I did consider moving the children into the shed, but I've decided to let them in the house even though they aren't vaccinated and spend them time with 29 other unvaccinated people.

As for adults... honestly it depends on their overall approach. Complete denier... probably not. I wouldn't trust them. Just a bit nervous about the vaccination... probably would.

Hornbill123456789 · 01/07/2021 15:38

I can see both sides here. I need to be careful - due to caring for a CEV, so rather than excluding someone who hasn’t been vaccinated, it’s more that I’m choosing to exclude myself.

Can you meet outside??

TheMotherlode · 01/07/2021 15:42

I wouldn’t think to ask anyone their vaccination status

ShaneTheThird · 01/07/2021 15:44

Its honestly no one elses business at all to even know someones vaccination status. Is it just covid they are demanding to know or do they frequently ask people if they habe had their mmr, afterall measles have been on the rise recently.

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 01/07/2021 15:45

I would but I don't have anyone cev living in my house

FFSFFSFFS · 01/07/2021 15:45

I wonder if all these people who don't care would take a different view if their child was Clinically Extremely Vulnerable and therefore quite realistically at risk if they contracted cover?

I think its an entirely reasonable question to ask where someone has health concerns either for themselves or someone they closely interact with.

PurpleDaisies · 01/07/2021 15:46

I have no idea if my friends are vaccinated. I assume they are but I won’t be asking.

Cornettoninja · 01/07/2021 15:47

I hadn’t thought about it but if I had a CEV member of family living there probably not. I would think my dd (5) would present more of a risk to an unvaccinated person than they would to her though.

LilyPond2 · 01/07/2021 15:49

I guess most people with children under 18 currently have an unvaccinated person in the house! But I would have a lot of sympathy with anyone with a CEV child or elderly household member not wanting to let an anti-vaxxer into their house.

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 01/07/2021 15:51

We have a similar problem with an adult nephew. He has a very laissez-faire approach to the whole C19 issue. I really wanted to have a small family do with my brother and his kids but honestly don't feel comfortable with having DN staying over. My attitude is it's his right to not be vaccinated but it's my right to not have him in my home, shame really...

FuzzyPuffling · 01/07/2021 15:52

No I wouldn't.

Zig27 · 01/07/2021 15:53

Have an outdoor book club during the summer.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 01/07/2021 15:53

@NormaSnorks

I am part of a reading group. 8 of us used to meet in each other's houses on a rotating basis. Have been on zoom for last 14 months but we are starting to discuss return to hosting at home.

One member is ardent anti-vaxxer and two other members have said privately that they don't want her in their homes as they believe she presents a higher risk. One has an elderly relative at home and the other a CEV child.

I have had my dd in the house before she was vaccinated. I have also had one of two other people in, while taking precautions re ventilation, social distancing and mask wearing.

For me, the fact they are an ardent anti-vaxxer, rather than the fact they haven't had the vaccination, would be the issue. The only people I know who are ardent anti-vaxxers are also extremely lax with precautions generally (no mask, no social distancing, no ventilation). Because of that, I would be reluctant to have them in my house. If I had vulnerable people living with me, no way in hell would they be coming in.

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NormaSnorks · 01/07/2021 15:53

I think it's the fact that she's an ardent anti-vaxxer that's part of the problem - it kind of suggests she may be more blase and more likely to carry covid.

Children in the household aren't usually around/up when we meet (but are obviously in the same house etc)

We all know each other's vax status as we are friends/share information etc

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Whyevencare · 01/07/2021 15:54

Please note unvaccinated people aren't all walking around as disease ridden carriers of the virus.

Those confirming they won't allow the unvaccinated into their house need to seriously get a grip, the brainwashing from government and MSM is horrific and you have lost all sense of rational thinking.

Bluntness100 · 01/07/2021 15:54

Yes I wouldn’t ask someone their status if it was someone I was inviting into my home and although my daughter and kids friends all have had their first now, I welcomed all of them prior.

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NormaSnorks · 01/07/2021 15:56

@OchonAgusOchonOh

cross-posted!

For me, the fact they are an ardent anti-vaxxer, rather than the fact they haven't had the vaccination, would be the issue. The only people I know who are ardent anti-vaxxers are also extremely lax with precautions generally (no mask, no social distancing, no ventilation). Because of that, I would be reluctant to have them in my house.

Yes, this.

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GoldenOmber · 01/07/2021 15:56

Wouldn’t care for myself, but I had a CEV child I’d likely be a lot more cautious.

Sonarl · 01/07/2021 15:57

I would find a way to avoid it if I knew that they were deliberately unvaccinated and it was for antivax conspiracy reasons and not a genuine medical reason.

canigooutyet · 01/07/2021 15:57

I am CEV and cannot have the vaccine. I couldn't give a rats arse if people are vaccinated or not. I have been extremely vulnerable all my life including respiratory things.

You could be on public transport, in a restaurant, at work, in school, in a gym, doing your weekly shop etc and don't know if others are vaccinated or indeed if they are walking around with one of the many contagious stuff is around.

When I'm in a&e getting worked on, the last thing I am concerned about is if the staff have had their flu jab even in the height of flu season.