The rubber hit the road this summer as we discovered how loved ones really feel about the covid-19 vaccine.
Christmas Day gatherings with unvaccinated family members left off the guest list. Friends absent from routine holiday camping trips.
But what becomes of couples who find themselves on opposite sides of the coin?
Woman canvassed four couples where one spouse was pro-vaccine and the other anti, about the impact their difference in opinion has had on their daily lives.
Sneaking out of the house to get the jab was one woman’s response to her husband’s vehement disapproval of the covid-19 vaccine.
Taranaki mother of two, Holly, initially kept her decision to vaccinate under wraps in a bid to keep the peace at home.
“I was upset that she got vaccinated and didn’t tell me until a week later,” her husband Phil says.
“But after some cooling off time I realised it was her own decision to make.”
The couple, in their thirties, say each other’s decision on whether to vaccinate or not, had no bearing
