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Poll: 20% of Americans Say They Have Lost Friendships over Coronavirus Disagreements
Breitbart ^ | 08.08.2021 | Hannah Bleau

Posted on 08/09/2021 5:12:17 AM PDT by USA Conservative

One-in-five Americans say they have lost friendships over disagreements on the Chinese coronavirus, a daily YouGov survey updated Friday found.

The daily question surveyed 5,219 U.S. adults on August 5 and asked, “Have you lost any friendships because of differences in opinion related to the COVID-19 pandemic?”

Twenty percent of respondents said they have, 68 percent said they have not, and 11 percent indicated they remain unsure.

When broken down by party lines, nearly one-quarter of Democrats, 24 percent, said they have lost friendships, compared to 15 percent of Republicans.

The survey comes as politicians begin to alter their rhetoric toward unvaccinated Americans, the majority of whom, surveys suggest, do not plan to get the jab.

This week, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) scolded unvaccinated Marylanders, accusing them of “willfully” putting others in danger. He also labeled them as a threat to freedoms in the state.

“I don’t care what misinformation or conspiracy theories that you have heard,” he said, wholly dismissing their concerns. “The plain and simple fact is that these vaccines are working.”

“Those of you who refuse to get vaccinated at this point are willfully and unnecessarily putting yourself and others at risk of hospitalization and death,” he continued, attempting to instill fear by warning that it “may be only a matter of time until you do get COVID-19.”

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: china; chinavirus; covid
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Folks, dividing America is exactly what the Chinese Communist Government was hoping for. With the support of the corrupt radical politically correct obstructionist, liberal Democrats Divided we fall!
1 posted on 08/09/2021 5:12:17 AM PDT by USA Conservative
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To: USA Conservative

it is NOT just the DNC.
the GOP is complicit.

the GOP is COMPLICIT with the guillotines.
the GOP is COMPLICIT with the sedition.
the GOP is COMPLICIT with the TREASON.


2 posted on 08/09/2021 5:14:27 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: USA Conservative

At least it might help one to know who just might have their back in a SHTF situation that surely looks to be on its way.


3 posted on 08/09/2021 5:15:38 AM PDT by Ron H.
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To: USA Conservative

Luke 11:17 But He knew their thoughts, and said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.


4 posted on 08/09/2021 5:17:18 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: USA Conservative

i’d be willing to wager that 80% of those are libs ending friendships with Patriots.


5 posted on 08/09/2021 5:17:19 AM PDT by sappy (criminaldems)
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To: USA Conservative
This week, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) scolded unvaccinated Marylanders, accusing them of “willfully” putting others in danger. He also labeled them as a threat to freedoms in the state.

BS. The vax doesn't work to stop transmission nor illness.

If the shot does not protect the person receiving it, then why should I get a shot that doesn't protect me to protect someone else?

How can a vaxxed person not protected by a vax that doesn't protect them be safer when around another vaxxed person whose vax is not protecting them either?

All we'd have then is a fully vaxxed population that is not protected from any virus but they'd all feel better, as if they did something proactive.

6 posted on 08/09/2021 5:17:38 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…. )
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When did Democrats start shunning apostates as it might be the Jehovah's Witness cult?

IIRC, it was around 2016 but maybe a little earlier. And certainly they doubled down on shunning in 2020.

This is just the latest instance.

7 posted on 08/09/2021 5:20:55 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Yep


8 posted on 08/09/2021 5:21:46 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ, and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: sappy

Indeed.

As in all things, I just go about my business and live my life. I think that for the most part that’s what all Conservatives do. But it’s different on the other side. The Left is always purging people — purging them for being racist, or unvaccinated, or too religious, or for whatever reason. The Left is all about the segregation of the unclean so that society can be more pure and more perfect without those undesirables.


9 posted on 08/09/2021 5:22:24 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population has no political representation.)
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To: USA Conservative

“20% of Americans Say They Have Lost Friendships over Coronavirus Disagreements”

That number would have been much higher, except that friendships were already lost over Donald Trump. People are running out of people to exclude from their lives.


10 posted on 08/09/2021 5:22:26 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: metmom

Getting vaxed MAY protect the one getting the vax, provide you have none of the numerous side effects, but it doesn’t protect anyone else.


11 posted on 08/09/2021 5:22:32 AM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: USA Conservative

Dems/Media are good at dividing people.


12 posted on 08/09/2021 5:24:36 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: metmom

You said a mouthful of truth there!


13 posted on 08/09/2021 5:24:55 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: USA Conservative

I haven’t really lost any friendships but I’ve lost respect for a lot of people. And that’s a fairly permanent thing when they are people that are over 30. What it is actually done is damaged friendships.


14 posted on 08/09/2021 5:26:20 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: USA Conservative
One-in-five Americans say …
One in five Americans says
15 posted on 08/09/2021 5:26:24 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: USA Conservative

Divide & conquer! It’s all about CONTROL!


16 posted on 08/09/2021 5:28:04 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: metmom

Yes, in a nutshell.


17 posted on 08/09/2021 5:29:38 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: USA Conservative

“The plain and simple fact is that these vaccines are working.”

therein lies the disagreements


18 posted on 08/09/2021 5:29:53 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: pookie18

19 posted on 08/09/2021 5:29:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: USA Conservative

Invasion of privacy issues


20 posted on 08/09/2021 5:32:06 AM PDT by stanne
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