The lives of most adults in America remain different than they were before the pandemic. While not everyone expects to regularly use services accelerated by COVID-19 like curbside pickup, grocery delivery, telehealth, or reduced-capacity “senior hours” once the pandemic ends, many have gained familiarity with them and think it is a good thing that these changes may remain available as options in daily life.
A new study from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and The SCAN Foundation finds that just 12% of adults feel that their lives are completely the same today as they were before the pandemic, 54% feel their lives are somewhat the same, and 34% are not yet the same. Fifty-six percent of those whose lives are completely the same think that is a good thing, while 39% of those whose lives are not yet the same feel that is a bad thing. CONTINUED
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
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