New polling shows people do not plan on skipping holiday parties this year regardless of vaccination status despite growing concern that the omicron variant will cause a fifth COVID-19 wave.
The majority of vaccinated people, 73%, said they would keep their plans to attend an in-person holiday event with friends and family, while federal officials advise people to take extra precautions amid surging COVID-19 cases due to the delta and omicron variants. An even higher proportion of the unvaccinated, 76%, said the same, according to a new Stat/Harris poll.
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