with covid might look like additionally there were two invitees who had previously decided to not get vaccinated so the bride told them they could not attend he said not surprisingly jain said that his biggest fear was that the bride or groom would test positive before the wedding to limit the chances of that the bride was in quarantine in the family home in the days before the wedding she ate separately from other family members and wore a mask when she was with them jain said that he even asked the salon employees who were going to do the brides makeup to undergo testing before she arrived for her appointment a family member told jain that he was overdoing some of the cautionary measures and that as a result no one would come to his daughters wedding the virus has no boundaries jain said he replied he also noted that the hotels ventilation system was out his hands so the family opted to focus on the protective measures they could control more ukrainian american doctor concerned for family living under threat of war with russia jain said that the wedding went off without a hitch and that none of the guests tested positive afterwards while he acknowledged that he wasnt conducting a scientific study anecdotal evidence matters we can do a large event safely he stressed medpage today asked jain if the recent lifting of mask mandates on public transportation such as airplanes would have changed his plans for the wedding jain reiterated the importance of masking i think we need to continue the mask mandates on planes its a terrible idea to give that up he said he added that his current concerns include uncertainty about the ba2 subvariant so masks are very simple they are very protective jain said that he is hopeful that more families and friends will be able to gather safely in the months to come we are resilient he said we will find ways to do things