Keeping safe before wedding - for those working outside the home

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We have a home there - to be renovated into our "retirement" home if Covid ever allows me to travel there again...

Maybe testing and a complex cleaning of your public setting could solve your problem. I'm gonna try emop for my wedding but you could check any local cleaning service for this purpose. This should prevent any bad issues for you and your guests.

View Quoted Comment Emop? It'll be a micro wedding so mall guests asks no reception target a dinner elsewhere to follow.

Do you have access to quick tests?

I work at a college in Vermont, and Vermont is requiring all students to be Covid tested when they come to campus, so our college is contracting with a test provider that can do a 36 hour turn around on Covid tests. Students will get tested the day they arrive (day 0) and a week later (day 7) before being dismissed from quarantine. Faculty and staff are expected to get at least one test as well.

If you had access to this, it might provide some peace of mind if you could each do a Covid test right before your wedding and then just quarantine/isolate for a day or two before and a day or two after until your results come back. If you do a really good job of staying safe, that test result might just provide some peace of mind at your wedding, and taking a few days off work and away from society is far more doable than two weeks. However if you are getting your hair and makeup done or having any sort of contact with people before the ceremony it might not be worth it because the test would be a bit useless if you aren't maintaining isolation up until the wedding itself.

Of course, depending on where you are MOST people are facing test results that take a long time so that may not be an option. I had friends who recently moved from San Diego to Boston and they were able to get tests before then left and got negative results back quickly, but when they arrived in Boston they were told it would take at least 7-10 days to get their results back, so they just didn't bother and instead maintained good social distancing for that time instead.

Honestly the science shows that universal mask use, washing hands, and social distancing is really effective, so being diligent about that will go a long way. Also if you have the ability to bring your classes outside, the science shows that transmission risk outside (thanks to air circulation and UV light) is far far less. I'd certainly avoid bars and sitting inside at restaurants (and probably restaurants altogether in the week or two leading up to your wedding).

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Hi hi. I have had three tests and all have come back negative. I would not do another test unless I showed symptoms. My fiance is currently battling COVID on a minimal scale but quarantining and recovering slowly but surely (been tested three times and we are social distancing at home and still negative but I do not have antibodies) so I am hoping it is true that you get it once you do not again but since there is a lot unknown about this virus I take that with a grain of salt.

I teach high school and we are a crowded school so I cannot easily take kids outside as I would like and because college is optional where high school is not I doubt we can force parents to get their kids tested. Honestly I would not put it past parents to send their kids to school even with symptoms. Also, getting married in November when it is also cold and flu season is concerning but in my county masks are required by those attending school.

Selfishly unless I had symptoms I would not get tested prior to the wedding because unless I truly had to I do not want to postpone. If we both feel fine then we would go ahead as planned. This is why I am thinking 3 weeks prior to limit going out but in that case if I do catch it or even a cold I can quarantine. Everyday I am all about masks, I keep hand sanitizer around me at all times and I make a conscious effort to not touch my face and I will keep my class as clean as possible. I am like the only one at my gym that wears a mask lol. The only people I would see prior to the wedding are the photographers during a walk through and I can social distance and wear a mask and I can request they do as well. Apart from the day of is when I would see make up artist (post trial), the officiant and the photographers. I am in Florida and I am not one of the residents that believe this has gone away lol. I have not been out to eat in a minute and today was the first time in a month going inside the gym and I still put protocols in place. I am okay not eating outside fort he next three months. We are already cautious, heck he caught it at work and he was cautious so that can happen, but I wanted to take extra measurements because I do not even want to be sick on the day of. I want at least us two to be able to not wear masks and kiss and take those pics.

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I so greatly appreciate you taking this seriously, especially in Florida. We know several people who have houses there and it seems like many in Florida are NOT taking it seriously and the culture around Covid is very different there than up here.

Also thank you for being a teacher. Teachers are heros (and they were long before this pandemic).

Sorry to hear your FH has it and hope he recovers quickly and you both stay safe and can have a beautiful wedding in November.

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Oh thank you and honestly I am not hero lol. We all are and I do not doubt that in your job you are a hero. I hope that double negative makes sense. LOL. Yeah I did even before he got sick but much more now. It is funny it hits you differently when it hits home. So not, I wanna be extra cautious esp before the day. I was not even nervous going back to work but now since he most likely caught it from work I am a little nervous and I want to take extra cautions. Yeah we do not play...I did go out a bit with friends to restaurants or cafes that practiced social distancing but now I am terrified to do so lol. I hope this gets better soon. Please stay safe up there.

Im a healthcare worker in ny and I worked during the worst of it on a covid unit. the funny thing about this virus is some people get it, some dont. some people are asymptomatic and will some die from it and its just all kind of random. its been almost 6 months i have not gotten covid while many of my coworkers did who were just as dilligent. continue doing what youre doing, sanitize everything and wear ur mask in public. honestly i dont believe homemade masks offer much protection but i always wear it on the chance that it does. i think with 10 people there is statistically a low chance of being infected but anyone could still be infected. just a gamble youll have to take.

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Thank you. It is just scary esp since he is getting over it and more than the "2 weeks". I am not worried catching during rather prior to. I just want us to be able to do our ceremony without masks at least us two and kiss each other because clearly right now we cannot lol.

I was upfront with my Team, telling them I was going to social distance even more than normal because of my wedding. They all totally got it. Focus on curbside and contact less transactions as much as possible. Be smart, you got this!