A study by OnePoll, conducted on November 2, surveyed 2,000 Americans in an effort to provide insight into how the COVID-19 vaccine impacts people's relationships with their loved ones ahead of the holidays.
The findings mirror the national divide that the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated. Of the 65 percent surveyed individuals who reported being fully vaccinated, 58 percent said they've cut off family members who have refused the jab.
"There's a lot of what you might call rough and tumble shut-up rhetoric and that's healthy. What is not healthy is when that isn't just retained and kept in the political area but becomes personal, becomes something you bring to the supermarket - you bring to Thanksgiving dinner, becomes something that permeates everything," Author and political commentator Andrew Sullivan said during a CBS's 60 Minutes interview set to air on Sunday.
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"And that separation between politics and life is what we're losing, and it is a terrible thing to lose," he added.
Nearly 67 percent of those polled said they felt they couldn't return home for the holidays without being vaccinated first, while 22 percent of unvaccinated respondents have already been excluded from all family gatherings.
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Sixty-three of the vaccinated surveyed don't feel comfortable inviting unvaccinated relatives to their parties and almost half of unvaccinated respondents have stopped communicating with family members who don't understand why they refuse the shot.
On the other hand, 14 percent of survey respondents don't plan to ever get the shot but feel as though their reasons for opting out have been dismissed and diminished by vaccinated family members.
One respondent said they 'don't trust the vaccine is safe,' while others were concerned about side effects and thought the vaccine 'was rushed and people who are getting vaccinated are still getting sick.'
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During the 60 Minutes segment, Sullivan explained how Americans' inability to set their differences aside is a symptom of a larger illness that saw its peak during the January 6 Capital riot.
"This country came to a point where we have violence in the usual peaceful transfer of power. That is a huge warning to how unstable our system can be if we remain rivals in a system that is supposed to be designed for reasonable citizens," Sullivan said.
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The OnePoll study also shed light on how the vaccine has played a role in the workforce.
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According to results, 43 percent of unvaccinated respondents said they're 'worried' about potentially losing their jobs and benefits, or paying higher health insurance premiums because they're not vaccinated.
An area most of those interviewed seemed to find consensus on was that politics should not play a role in science or medicine - with 79 percent voting in favor of the separation.
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