My [38 F] unvaccinated father [74 M] wants to stay with me a week, but I'm terrified as my husband's dad died of COVID.

I'll make this simple: My 74 yo father wants to stay with me in August in my house as he will be here on business (flying in, unmasked business). I GENUINELY want to spend time with him. We will then drive him home to his house which is our hometown where we plan to visit with vaccinated friends and family.

My husband's dad died of COVID early on. We take this real serious. I'm in public health and have been following the Delta variant which has the potential to be devastating. My stubborn father is high risk for COVID mortality but refuses to get vaccinated.

We are terrified of his visit. I trust the science of the vaccine (we're fully vaccinated), but don't want to get even an asymptomatic infection simply because my dad is exposed and passes it to us since we'll be in close proximity for a week and he's out and about on business here.

My dad is not one to negotiate with. He previously walked out of my life 3x as a child and young adult. We've rebuilt a good relationship in the past 5 years but I'm wanting to draw boundaries: You can get vaccinated or not stay with us.

Caveat: I was traveling for work (driving, non-airplane) and stayed with him one night in his house earlier this month. I was only around vaccinated people other than him. He will call BS on the boundary drawing but I'm at a loss on what to do as I don't want COVID in my house and desperately have done everything to convince him to get vaccinated (he refuses UNLESS the airlines were to require it).

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tl;dr: I want my dad to visit but am terrified because he's not vaccinated especially since my husband lost his dad to COVID. Is it wrong to require him to get vaccinated before he comes?

Submitted June 22, 2021 at 09:44PM by islandorisntland https://ift.tt/2T1N9To