{"id":1684,"date":"2021-11-10T07:46:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2021-11-10T07:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:46:15","slug":"is-it-reasonable-to-avoid-seeing-unvaccinated-family-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"Is it reasonable to avoid seeing unvaccinated family members?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Q&amp;A will resume on Monday. Happy Veterans Day!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Still struggling with family who refuse to vax\u2026.is it reasonable to avoid seeing them at all, even though I\u2019ve been vaxxed and boostered? \u00a0I don\u2019t want to be THAT person who innocently transmits covid to those who are so vulnerable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0I can&#8217;t tell you what&#8217;s right or reasonable for you and your family.\u00a0 But I can tell you that you are not alone in what you&#8217;re contemplating and experiencing. In fact, a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/theharrispoll-8654532.hs-sites.com\/the-insight-wave-81?__hstc=78454539.1b6b0b867e1e5c547d19ca03d13e655c.1636545897910.1636545897910.1636545897910.1&amp;__hssc=78454539.1.1636545897910&amp;__hsfp=2938668890\">Harris Poll Covid Tracker Survey<\/a> found that &#8220;one-third (33%) of vaccinated Americans report cutting ties in some way with friends, family members, or acquaintances who remain unvaccinated.&#8221;\u00a0 And the <a href=\"http:\/\/theharrispoll-8654532.hs-sites.com\/the-insight-wave-82?__hstc=78454539.1b6b0b867e1e5c547d19ca03d13e655c.1636545897910.1636545897910.1636545897910.1&amp;__hssc=78454539.1.1636545897910&amp;__hsfp=2938668890\">Harris Poll from September17-19<\/a> found that &#8220;half (50%) of vaccinated respondents are either \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cconsiderably\u201d hesitant to spend the holidays with unvaccinated family members or friends.&#8221;\u00a0 Reflecting on these findings, Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema said,\u00a0\u201cOur new data suggests the vaccine divide is not only reshaping relationships, but soon the holiday travel season&#8230; expect to see cancellations and rerouted plans as vaccinated Americans avoid their unvaccinated friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Q&amp;A will resume on Monday. Happy Veterans Day! Question:\u00a0Still struggling with family who refuse to vax\u2026.is it reasonable to avoid seeing them at all, even though I\u2019ve been vaxxed and boostered? \u00a0I don\u2019t want to be THAT person who innocently transmits covid to those who are so vulnerable.\u00a0\u00a0 Answer:\u00a0I can&#8217;t tell you what&#8217;s right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,46,64],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","category-trends","category-vaccines","tag-communication","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-photo-5638463.jpeg?fit=867%2C1300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1686,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/1686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}