Dating app adds feature allowing users to declare COVID-19 vaccination status

We always knew COVID-19 would change the dating world, potentially forever — and its impact is about to become even more obvious.

Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has this week added a function allowing users to declare their coronavirus vaccination status to their profile.

The San Francisco-based platform aims to make people feel "empowered to make dating choices that make [them] feel safe" by giving them the optional bio addition.

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Users can describe their vaccine status by selecting one of five responses: 'Fully vaccinated'; 'Waiting on additional dose'; 'Planning to get vaccinated'; 'Not getting vaccinated'; 'Prefer not to say'.

"Don't want to share? That's OK, too – just select 'Prefer not to share,' and your profile will stay the same," Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed on Twitter.

As far as dating bio inclusions go, it's certainly more relevant than the ubiquitous declarations of whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza.

The new function comes as vaccination rollouts continue in numerous countries, including Australia.

That's not to say coronavirus hasn't already influenced what people include in their dating app profiles.

In its 2020 'Year in Swipe' report, Tinder revealed how its user base responded to the pandemic in their bios and conversations.

There was a whopping 290 per cent increase in mentions of toilet paper in Tinder profiles, undoubtedly due to the panic buying behaviour that swept Australia in the early stages of several outbreaks.

Aussies also embraced the phrase "get on the beers", coined by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews during his press conferences while the state was in its second-wave lockdown.

Tinder also observed a change in how people connected with one another on the app; with in-person meetings out of the question for much of 2020, video calls took on an all-new importance.

This was echoed by Hinge, which reported a 31 per cent increase of people using the app's video chat function in the early months of the health crisis.

Bumble also released findings about how the pandemic influenced its users' behaviour in 2020.

The app found a third of Aussie singles changed what they wanted from a partner, with more than half (56 per cent) wanting to move "slower" in their partnerships.