What do you do if a family member is an anti-vaxxer?

[BrutusMcDogface]

I’m so angry with my sibling for putting my parents at risk. So very, very angry.

WWYD? Avoid him? Avoid them?!

Can’t believe he’s being so selfish!

@bumbleymummy back in 2011 you are talking about ‘vaccine damaged children’ without context - based on anecdotal evidence of posters on a Mumsnet thread. And an awful lot of posters are challenging you. It’s not right. Concerning - and concerning that Mumsnet are allowing you to post.

@TheGirlWhoWantedToBeGod

Some of the responses on here saying OP should cut contact with her family, or that the unvaccinated should stay at home, are absolutely ridiculous. What is it about covid they has caused people to lose all sense of rationality?

Humans live in societies and our actions impact each other, for positive or negative. In your life you might have given someone the flu which then killed their 90yr old grandmother. Your long haul plane flight might have been the tipping point that caused a village in Bangladesh to flood due to climate change. Your smoking 20 years ago might’ve caused someone passive smoking to develop lung cancer etc.

I really think the ‘personalisation’ of blame when in comes to covid is damaging a lot of people’s mental health. Unfortunately we are all damaging each other in a myriad of ways, and to focus on covid at the expense of all the others seems short-sighted, if not hypocritical, to me.

Thankyou for a fantastic post. Exactly right. All situations prior to covid exposed us to pathogens and diseases. We just didnt know. Thats why its always important to maintain personal hygiene, give people space and wash your hands. Maintain a healthy lifestyle, exercise and live your life. If you dont believe in the efficacy of your vaccination then why did you get it?

I would avoid him. If that ends your relationship so be it.
It's up to your parents if they do the same, or choose to see him without you and your siblings there.

id respect his choice and carry on as normal and think no more of it , its down to your parents to put their foot down if they feel hes putting them at risk not you .

the one most at risk is him , assuming you and your parents have had the vaccine what are you so bloody worried about ?

its sheer pathetic hysteria is what it is .
iv been vaccinated but i dont freak out at the thought of being in the company of those that arent , because thats the whole fuckin point , the vaccine that you had is meant to protect you at least to some degree , if you dont have much faith in it which it would appear maybe you should take a leaf out of your siblings book and no bother