We have now had our second vaccinations and we are setting house rules for the unvaccinated..
Like many others we have family members and acquaintances who have decided that they will not get the vaccination. Some have even used the excuse that we are getting close to herd immunity and why should they take a chance. Antivaxxers no doubt. Well dear ones, your refusal to get the vaccinations are contributing to variants .. so far so good they say, but as the variants double and redouble they will go outside of our current vaccinations.. Just as the flu changes from year to year.. we will see this happen and my husband and I are both up to our ears with conspiracy theorists who refuse to get shots because of their politics.. stay away from us. You are not invited to our house, and since you have taken such a foot in cement stand, before you come in our house you will have to show us your vaccination cards.. We have just had it with having to beg and coddle. Enough..
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Our daughter takes so many chances every day, yet he insists on visiting her almost weekly. We have both had our first shot. I sent her links on how to register. TN is opening up vaccinations to all adults on April 5, and I'm really excited about it, so I sent her the link. Her response was that I need to stop nagging her about it, even though I hadn't said a word about vaccinations except to tell her the day I got mine.
She hasn't registered because she doesn't have time. Yet she has time to paint her bedroom 3 times until she gets the color "perfect." She has time for multiple trips to Lowe's for whatever home improvement shit she needs. But she doesn't have 5 minutes to register so that she can get a faster appointment once April 5 rolls around.
Honestly, I would love to tell her that we won't have contact with her until she gets fully vaccinated, but my husband would never go along with it. I take it personally. If she really cared about her old parents, she would fucking get vaccinated as soon as she can! It's certainly what I would do, even if I wasn't afraid for myself.
She told me today that getting vaccinated is political and she doesn't like that. Well, we weren't the ones who made it political. Get vaccinated anyway. The virus doesn't care who you voted for.
Sometimes I think they gave me the wrong babies in the hospital. 
I just can't get my husband to agree to such a measure. I asked early on that he not visit her because she is not careful enough. Clearly neither of them gives a shit about anyone else. If they die, oh well. No thought about what it would do to me. If I die, oh well. To me, this is where the rubber hits the road. If you care about anyone at all, get vaccinated.
My cousin got measles as a baby, before we had vaccinations for it. It left her cognitively impaired for life. She had to go to special schools, can't take care of herself on her own, etc. She was a perfectly healthy baby. We all got measles too, but we're fine. It comes down to luck. We didn't question it when the pediatrician scheduled our babies for vaccinations. Sometimes I think that generation doesn't take vaccinations seriously because they never had any personal experience from some of those devastating diseases. Maybe that's too broad of a brush, but I definitely see it my kids.
Anyway, thanks. I just love your idea. 
but they do come by.. we have been social distancing and masking.. but I am just not going to let them come rolling in because we have both our shots.. if they do not want to mask or social distance.. then write me a letter.. zoom .. choice is theirs. But they are not bringing a virus variant to our house..
We hope to have second by EOM April. We live on a lake and already have told friends and family that the welcome sign is still down until they're vaccinated. My SILs and their families are anti-vax, so we'll probably won't see them anytime soon. Definitely not a bad thing 
We cannot take chances with this viruses..
I do a lot of off shore fishing, and I need crew to do it safely. I often take friends or people who are enthusiasts and share trip costs, so it's a win-win.
But this year I am going to insist that anyone who wants to come out be vaccinated. My boat, my rules. I don't have a lot of rules, and the ones I do have are related to safety (no drug use or heavy drinking, nobody is in the cockpit alone at night if fishing, that kind of thing).
I'm sure it will tick a lot of people off, but I really don't want to listen to their views anyway. 
I really do believe some of those who are refusing to get the shot or mask, have a medical reason.. but the vast majority do not.. they think that everyone thinks this way.. they are in some kind of echo chamber about the subject.. If we start demanding that our physical safety is above the bother of wearing a mask for a prescribed period of time and or getting a vaccine.. it might make an impression.. I hope so..I have listened to their views for a year now.. enough is enough
I got my second shot yesterday.. (moderna) and took their advice and drank plenty of water and took tylenol every 4 hours and I have had no issues...
I will look forward to it!
I have no patience left for people who make stupid, selfish decisions that have no basis in reality. I have a friend who drives people to medical appointments that I have been using this winter/spring, and pay her state based mileage when I go with her. When in the car she does not wear a face mask (I wear a face mask every time I leave my house). This concerns me, but on our last trip that was 200 miles round trip she informed me that she has been tending bar 3 or 4 days a week since Christmas, but "not to worry, she was tested and does not have the virus". I immediately asked her to roll down the window by me. I started quarantine countdown and I have not developed symptoms, and since have had my first vaccination. I also cancelled my next ride with her, and am using a transportation company that follows CDC guidelines. This woman has been my driver for all medical appointments that are more than 60 miles for 5 years, and I enjoy the rides with her. However, I have been working hard at staying alive with a fatal autoimmune disease for the past 5 years, and will not risk my life because of the choices she makes and does not share with the people she is driving to appointments. Call me selfish, but I will not pay someone who's choices have the potential to kill me. I have had no physical contact with family members for a year, and have no one in my house other than a masked and gloved homemaker for an hour every other week from a health care service. I am trying to survive this so I can be with family again and have taken strict measures to help me reach that goal. I support your plan wholeheartedly.
