[Magdalen] Dilemma

[Lesley de Voil]

Hi Grace, Just chiming in here after everybody else.
1 They presumably had COVID   6- 12 months ago. I wouldn't be relying on
their immune status, as  resistance to re-infection seems to be very
variable anyway ( meaning, it's not like eg. measles,  where infection
should give one lifelong immunity.) I suspect that he wouldn't be impressed
by recent reports about a new variant  coming around, but you could at
least try.
2 I agree with all who say, if they come, they should wear masks indoor and
out.
3  Can't the eldest babysit for the day, if necessary bribing him so that
they all recognise he is in charge ?
 I do think your son is being unreasonable  towards you. ( You could lay it
on the line "How would he feel if his actions caused  illness/ death  of
his own mother?")

Best wishes
Lesley de Voil


On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 07:00, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

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