Originally Posted by
Deslok
I'm playing witness to a bit of a kerfuffle in my wife's family. Her great aunt recently passed away(not unexpectedly, she was almost 100) and her only child is trying to beat cancer. But in her immunocomprimised state, she is still very concerned with COVID and so really doesn't want to be around a bunch of unvaccinated people. So she has decided instead to have a virtual memorial service. And now, several of wife's family, including a bunch of anti vaxers, are in a brouhaha about the memorial only being virtual. Just not fun trying to deal with folks who don't recognize the impact they can have on others.
I attended a memorial service for a friend's sister who died of cancer in December. The priest decided to let everyone in to the service so there were 200-300 people (of course that was before any vaccine). I stayed for no more than 10 minutes, afraid I was knee deep in a super spreader event, but spent a few minutes hugging and consoling my friend and his family. Two weeks later my friend contacted me because he and his whole family had coronavirus. Luckily I did not contract it, and I attribute that to the fact that I stayed only a few minutes, but I'm sure there were others in the service who did.
IMHO, screw the brouhaha and do what you and your wife feel is right. There is no reason to unnecessarily mess around with this thing if you don't need to and the virtual option is a perfectly acceptable alternative.
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016