I am attending my cousin's wedding soon. I am about as nervous/careful about COVID as one can be, but I need help figuring out how to attend without also whipping myself into a worried frenzy.
My cousin postponed his wedding last year b/c of COVID and now the rescheduled time is almost here.
I have been WFH since March 2020, as has my partner. Our 8 yr old kid was in his tiny school all last year, masked, open-windows, outdoor lunches etc. Right now he's in outdoor camp, masked if they ever step foot inside. He is my main concern. All of the adults around him are vaccinated. We live in Boston.
In my family, I am the COVID worrier. I write emails to remind grandparents about CDC updates. I obsess over masks. I won't let another kid in our house, etc. I am 100% certain I annoy people (oh well).
However, I want to attend my cousins wedding and I would love some help in doing it in a way that I can feel relatively calm about. I know I can decide not to go - please don't just suggest that. My question is about going.
The marriage part will be inside a church. Any family member I've talked to will be masked. This part feels easy. The reception... it's at a wedding-venue kind of place. We will be seated at a table with my immediate family, all vaccinated, all people who are wearing masks everywhere they go. I won't dance. I'm not going to mingle and go meet strangers. No one under 13 is invited.
So... what is my risk assessment here? Can I take my mask off for 15 mins and eat the wedding chicken?? Can I drink a beer? Should I buy at-home COVID tests for post-wedding for my peace of mind? (I mean, I think the answer is yes for that one). I wish I was one of those people who worry less, but alas, here I am.
Imagine a vaccine so "safe and effective" that you can't dance at a wedding...
there doesn't seem to be anything here