Dating Divide Over Vaccination Status Splits Those Looking for a Partner
‘Pure blood’ parties becoming a thing for unvaccinated singles in the post-pandemic dating world.
Genetically modified humans procreating — what could possibly go wrong? Not to mention the surging infertility and miscarriage rates post “vaccination.” With 81% of Americans failing the IQ test of life, the dating and family trends are certainly troubling, to say the least.
by Allan Stein
PHOENIX—Courtney Furlong, 36, had always considered modern dating a hit-or-miss prospect, even before COVID-19 vaccines, masks, and lockdowns turned the world upside down.
But today, Ms. Furlong said it’s downright “terrible” trying to find a suitable dating partner who isn’t vaccinated.
Having chosen to avoid taking the COVID-19 shots over concerns about their safety, the Phoenix resident now finds the dating market more restricted and challenging than ever.
She said that many vaccinated people refuse to date the unvaccinated, and vice versa.
“I’m at the age now where I want to have children. My situation now is, who should I have a baby with?” Ms. Furlong said, standing at the vegan bar at The Giving Tree in Phoenix, watching 50 other unvaccinated people mix and mingle on a hot Monday evening.
Who knows? Tonight could be the night she'll meet her significant other, she said—or at least make new like-minded friends.
“I’m at a place where I'd like to meet someone and have a child,” Ms. Furlong told The Epoch Times. “A huge factor is: Did you get the vaccine or not?”
Sponsored by the dating website Unjected.com, the informal gathering of unvaccinated men and women took place on July 15 at The Giving Tree.
Other social mixers, dubbed “pure blood parties,” are also planned in Canada, New York City, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
“These unvaccinated mixers are starting to pop up everywhere,” said Shelby Hosana, 28, who launched Unjected.com in the spring of 2021 to bring the unvaccinated singles community together.
She said a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status is “the biggest ice-breaker and deal-breaker in the modern dating world.”
And it cuts both ways—vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.
Many online dating sites, such as Tinder, Match, and Bumble, now include COVID-19 badges, stickers, and filters to help singles better navigate the post-pandemic landscape.
“It’s the very first question asked in the dating scene for many,” Ms. Hosana told The Epoch Times. “Especially now that we can anticipate all vaccines on the market will be mRNA. It’s quite literally choosing partners who choose zero vaccination.”
Jill Crosby, owner and founder of Conscious Singles, a dating site “for those who value freedom and sovereignty,” said that unvaccinated singles appear to be more concerned about dating within their group.
“Many of our non-vaccinated members will only date other non-vaccinated members,” Ms. Crosby told The Epoch Times.
However, vaccinated members are usually less likely to care whether a potential partner is vaccinated.
In early 2022, a sufficient number of unvaccinated members asked to declare their vaccination status to aid them in finding other unvaccinated members.
Ms. Crosby said Conscious Singles responded by creating unvaccinated and vaccinated badges to post on dating profiles.
“Since then, we’ve had a close to equal number of members post a nonvaccinated or vaccinated badge on their profile,” she said, “and about the same amount of members [about 30 percent] selected ”prefer not to say.”
The dating site also provides multiple-choice “Match Questions” in many categories and recently added, “Will you date someone who has been vaccinated?”
Ms. Hosana said not long ago some dating sites banned profiles that required a person’s vaccination status.
Moreover, the recent data point to a distinct social divide with online dating following the rollout of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for COVID-19 in early 2021.
A July 2022 Pew Research Center survey, found that nearly 25 percent thought it “very important” to include one’s COVID-19 vaccination status in a dating profile.
On the other hand, nearly half (47 percent) said it was “somewhat important” for people to provide their vaccination status, according to the survey.
The survey showed that roughly 9 percent of U.S. adults had used a dating site or app between 2021 and 2022.
More telling was the partisan split in survey responses: According to the report, Democrats were “far more likely” than Republicans to say that vaccination status was “important for them to see.”
In Las Vegas, Ms. Hosana said she was curious to learn about what other people thought about dating and COVID-19 vaccination status.
So she and her marketing director, Scott Armstrong, conducted a random “man on the street” survey that asked people whether they would date a vaccinated or unvaccinated person.
“Some [vaccinated] people said they would never date an unvaccinated person—someone as ’stupid' as an anti-vaxxer,” Ms. Hosana said.
“It’s going both ways,” she said. “They don’t want to be with us. And we really don’t want to be with them.”
“To me, it’s like the first question they ask—did you take the COVID shots?” Mr. Armstrong told The Epoch Times about online dating.
“It’s sad, too,” he said, to think that a man or a woman rejected as a potential dating partner over their vaccination status could have been “the one.”
“It’s tough [but] this is the world we’re living in now,” he said.
And, given the number of vaccinated people versus the unvaccinated, singles who have not taken one or more COVID-19 shots appear to be at a disadvantage, Ms. Hosana said.
According to USAFacts, more than 270 million Americans (81 percent of the U.S. population) have received at least one COVID-19 injection; more than 230 million (70 percent) are considered fully vaccinated.
The website added that of the roughly 1 billion doses distributed since 2020, more than 676 million (68 percent) doses were used nationwide, with almost 64 percent reported as fully vaccinated in Arizona.
As new strains of the virus develop, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people should receive an updated 2024–25 COVID-19 and flu vaccine for the fall and winter seasons.
Among unvaccinated singles, the CDC’s advice falls on unwelcome ears.
“It’s a whole new wild navigation in the world,” Ms. Hosana said.
The vaccinated man she’s now seeing is someone from her past. During the pandemic, her friend had assured her that he would not be taking the injection.
“That’s what this whole thing is pretty much about,” he said. “It’s about people who don’t want to meet someone vaccinated.”
Ms. Furlong said the natural choice is to be with someone whose morals and values align with her own.
“When I told one of my best friends I wasn’t getting [vaccinated]—he’s had five boosters—well, he said if you don’t get your vaccine, you’re never going to meet my parents,” Ms. Furlong said.
“I feel like I’m the only person out of 20 people in my family who didn’t get injected. My parents said they only did it because they felt pressured.”
Ms. Dias said she intends to “stay present” in her current relationship, as she is a romantic at heart.
“They say it’s better to have loved than not at all—and if a person is really kind—you know what I mean,” she said.
They want you dead.
Do NOT comply.
ALL jabs are bad. If someone doesn’t understand this by NOW, they’re literally stupid people. Being stupid is a choice…and being a collectivist is a choice as well.
My dear hubby of 40+ years insisted on getting the toxic shot. It affected his health so badly, he is now cured of wanting another.... but his health is shot now. life is much harder than it needed to be. I love him & am committed to him, so I stay, but it's so hard.
please, friends, don't forget those of us who are left behind.
I'm unvaxxed and will always be.