With the delta variant driving COVID-19 infection rates back up in July, Americans have become less confident that they can protect themselves when in public from catching the coronavirus. The percentage who are “very confident” fell to 38% at the end of the month, after rising to a pandemic high of 51% in May and remaining near that level, at 50%, in June. …
Confidence in the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines is much higher among vaccinated Americans than among those with no intention of being vaccinated. Nearly nine in 10 adults who are fully vaccinated (87%) feel very or moderately confident that COVID-19 vaccines will provide protection from the variants. The large majority of those who plan to be vaccinated also believe this (74%), versus just 21% of those who don’t plan to be vaccinated. CONTINUED
Lydia Saad, Gallup
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