In a television appearance last month, President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is over.” Only 1 in 5 Americans would make that kind of blanket declaration about Covid-19, but the latest Monmouth University Poll finds most feel it is time to put pandemic-era restrictions – such as mask and vaccine mandates – behind us. The poll also finds that uptake of the new bivalent booster shot may not be as widespread as it was for the initial boosters.
Just 21% of the public says the Covid pandemic is over, while another 26% say it is not over yet but will end eventually. However, half (50%) of the country feels the pandemic will never be over and we will just have to live with it. …
The poll also finds that fewer people plan to get the new bivalent booster shot when compared with a year ago when the first boosters were approved. Just 1 in 3 adults are very likely to get the new booster (33% plus another 1% who already received the new booster by the time the poll was conducted). CONTINUED
Monmouth University Polling Institute
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