An online survey analyzing the reasons why people have ended friendships since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic unearthed at least one particularly shocking data point.
Among vaccinated Americans who have ended friendships since March 2020, almost everyone (97%) sees their ex-friends as “full-fledged anti-vaxxers” and couldn’t get them to see things their way. way COVID-19 vaccines, reports OnePoll.
Breaking down the numbers
But it’s not as if a large majority of those who have ended friendships in the last 18 months have done so by vaccines, much less.
The Sept. 2 survey of 1,000 Americans found that only 14 percent of vaccinated respondents said they had befriended friends who didn’t want to get the needle, OnePoll noted.
Vaccinated respondents who see their ex-friends as “full-fledged anti-vaxxers” indicated in the survey that among the reasons their former friends were reluctant to receive the shot were “not believing in vaccines for claim the COVID-19 vaccine. out of order “.
Many unvaccinated respondents said they were concerned about the possible side effects of the vaccines, while others said they were healthy and did not need the vaccine, and that others expressed distrust, OnePoll noted.
In addition, among the respondents who ended the friendships cap reason, a whopping 66% are vaccinated, and only 17% indicated they have no plans to fire, the media said.
Political differences
The poll also found that a large majority of Democratic respondents (81%) are fully vaccinated, while a slightly fewer Republicans (64%) can say the same. In addition, the survey found that 69% of pro-independence activists and 41% of third-party supporters are completely vaccinated.
Only 7% of Democrats who were part of the poll said they have not yet been vaccinated, followed by 20% of independents, 23% of Republicans and 27% of third-party supporters, according to the poll.
More from OnePoll:
Surprisingly, many Democrats (41%) feel that society is too critical of unvaccinated people, and more than half of Republicans (57%) echo that sentiment. However, 12% of Democrats and 5% of Republicans disagree that society is harsh on unvaccinated people.
Overall, 61% of vaccinated people feel “very safe” in their decision to receive the shot, compared to 33% of people who feel the same about not getting inoculated.
Other reasons to end friendships
The survey uncovered a number of other reasons why friendships ended during the pandemic, aside from disagreements over vaccines:
- Different political points of view (16%)
- Dating or sleeping with an ex (15%)
- Invent rumors about them (12%)
- Feeling liars (7%)
The Americans have ended their friendships for the COVID-19 vaccine
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