Can you eliminate Reminders from meeting conflict checking?

In Calendar, I have a reminder set up in the morning and afternoon to check for something. Whenever I try to accept a meeting at this time, I get a warning saying that I have a conflict, and asking if I still want to accept the meeting. I then have to check my schedule to see if there really is a meeting conflict, or there is just a conflict with the reminder.

Is there any way in Calendar to have the conflict checker just look for conflicts with other meetings, but not with reminders? Or, is there some other way to set up a reminder to eliminate this problem?

Many thanks in advance for any reply.