I-Baby Boomers yeyona nto incinci yokuxhasa iipaspoti zokugonya, kunye ne-77% kuphela evunyiweyo; nangona la manani etshintshile ngokuxhomekeke kwiimaski/akukho-maski, kunye nokusetwa (izikhululo zeenqwelomoya, iinqwelomoya, ezinye iindawo ezivaliweyo, njl. njl.). Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabo bavavanyiweyo bakholelwa ukuba iipaspoti zesitofu sokugonya ziya kunyhasha amalungelo abantu abangagonywanga, ngokungalingani kwezempilo, ubumfihlo bedatha, kunye nokuba nokwenzeka kobuqhophololo obukhankanyiweyo njengemiba ephembelela iimbono zezizukulwana ezindala.
Yahlulahlulwe ngakumbi kuhambo lwasekhaya, ukuhlala ngaphakathi kwivenkile yokutyela, kunye nokuzimasa iminyhadala yemidlalo/ekonsathini, uphando ludize ukuba ingaba ukugonywa kogonyo kuya kubaphembelela ngokwenene na abantu ukuba bagonywe. I-49.1% yabo baceliwe balindeleke ukuba bazimase iminyhadala yezemidlalo okanye iikonsathi, ngelixa i-48.8% inokuthi isonwabele isidlo sokuhlala kwindawo yokutyela.
Uphononongo luphinde lwabuza abantu baseMelika ukuba bakholelwa ukuba kufanelekile na ukufuna ubungqina bogonyo lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya, iihotele ezibhukishayo, kwaye ukuba iinkampani zokuhamba kunye neendlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa kufuneka ziqale ukufuna iipaspoti zokugonya. I-50.9% yabaphenduli bebonke banike ingxelo yokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba bahambe ekhaya ngeemfuno zepaspoti zokugonya, abasetyhini (59%) balindeleke ngaphezu kwamadoda (52%) bathi ubungqina bogonyo kufuneka bufunwe. Ngokupheleleyo ama-74% avumile ukuba iincwadana zokundwendwela zesitofu sokugonya kufuneka zifuneke xa zibhabha ngenqwelomoya. Kwaye ekugqibeleni, uphononongo luveze iziphumo ezothusayo ezisekwe ekubeni abaphenduli bakholelwa ukuba umntu ongagonywanga kufuneka abekwe yedwa ngexesha lokuhamba.
Njengayo yonke imiba yezempilo yoluntu, imfundo ingundoqo. Ukuxoxa ngesi sihloko ngokungafihlisiyo kunikeze abantu ithuba lokuqwalasela ukuba kutheni le nto inokuba ngaphantsi kwengxoxo yenkululeko yobuqu kunye nempendulo engxamisekileyo yezempilo.
Amanani ovavanyo asibonisa ukuba abantu abaninzi baqala ukuqonda ukuba bafumane isitofu sokugonya kuya kunceda ukunciphisa ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 ngelixa behamba. Ngokukodwa ngoku, kunye nokwahluka kwe-delta kusasazeka ngokukhawuleza.
