“Millennials and Gen Zers are more likely to have cut ties over COVID-19 vaccine disagreements than other generations, according to new data from The Harris Poll provided first to Axios. ‘It’s the new cultural dividing line,’ John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, told Axios. ‘Three in 10 Gen Zers, and even more millennials, have ghosted friends who would not get vaccinated.'”
“The poll found only 15% of Americans said they expect party hosts to require vaccination. Even so, two-thirds say they’d require attendees to be immunized if they were hosting an event and 37% would require vaccination regardless of party size. ‘It’s kind of like Delta variant is moving in real-time and people are like ‘Should I be doing the wedding this fall?’, Gerzema said.”
“The differences skew heavily across generational lines. Millennials had the highest standards, most likely because they are most likely to have unvaccinated kids, with 41% saying they’d definitely require proof before hosting an event compared to 36% of those in older generations.”
“Of all four generations surveyed, millennials are the group most likely to have younger children who are unvaccinated, which could contribute to the divide as parents may be concerned about the safety of their kids, none of the COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the FDA for children under the age of 12 in the U.S.”