Eight percent of Canadians are still hesitant and another eight percent refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

That’s according to a new Abacus Data poll on how Canadians feel about being vaccinated against COVID-19.

Using a sample size, the poll assumes that 2.4 million Canadians are reluctant to get the shot, and another 2.4 million say they will not get vaccinated under any circumstances.

While that has an impact on community health, it is also impacting relationships with family and friends.

Political commentator and Abacus Data managing director Tim Powers says some of the most intriguing data surrounds the perception of the unvaccinated.

When someone who has been vaccinated encounters someone who has not, 40% of the vaccinated people think the unvaccinated person is making a bad choice for themselves and is putting other people and the economy at risk.

Powers also says there’s a generational divide, where if you are 60 and older, you’re less tolerant of the unvaccinated, and if you’re 30 and younger, you are more tolerant.

Powers surmises that there are negative feelings around the unvaccinated as 45 percent say they would avoid a family member or friend who has not received their shot.