[Magdalen] Dilemma

[Grace Cangialosi]

I had a phone call from my son this morning asking if he could bring the three boys here on a Saturday in December. He has a job and can’t bring them. They are 16, 10, and 8. I don’t really have much for them to do here, but I figured maybe we could go out for pizza and maybe go to the community park if it’s not too cold, or to a movie.
But then I remembered that they aren’t vaccinated and won’t be. So I won’t want to take them out for lunch or to a movie. But I’m also not terribly comfortable with the idea of having them here in the house all day. I left a message with my son that we need to discuss it, but I haven’t heard back yet. He told me awhile ago that the whole family had COVID back at the beginning, so they don’t need the vaccine, but I’ve heard that isn’t necessarily true. I know there’s going to be a confrontation over this, and I’d like another opinion or two. Am I overreacting? At the very least, I will insist that they wear masks—he doesn’t believe in those, either.