The emergence of the omicron COVID-19 variant is encouraging many already vaccinated adults to get a recommended booster shot but is providing only a little motivation for unvaccinated adults to get an initial shot, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor quick response survey finds. Fielded from Dec. 15-20 to provide […] Read more »
Latest COVID-19 Wave Dents U.S. Optimism
After improving in October, public optimism about the course of the coronavirus situation has once again dimmed as COVID-19 cases attributed to the Delta variant have risen, and the Omicron virus looms as the next obstacle to ending the pandemic. At the same time, Americans are no more worried than […] Read more »
Americans are less willing to take precautions as the coronavirus wears on
The fight against the coronavirus has entered a new stage with the emergence of the omicron variant. As it spreads, cases are rising in much of the United States. This new stage comes at a time when the public seems to be worn out by the virus and is less […] Read more »
Religion and the Pandemic
As vaccination rates rise across the United States, life in religious congregations is showing signs of slowly returning to normal. Twenty-one percent of adults are attending religious services in-person at least once a week, up from 5% in May 2020. While fewer are watching live streaming services, many continue to […] Read more »
Is Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change? American Opinions
With a year of extreme weather events in the U.S. capped by the deadly rare December tornadoes in Kentucky, we look at whether Americans link these with climate change. Then, gig work was big before the pandemic, but what happens to it after? Finally, we’re checking in on New Year’s […] Read more »
How Biden is faring nearly a year into his presidency
We are in the twilight of the year. A year that is memorable even if that memory is a strange limbo existence between normal and COVID. The Biden administration came into 2021 like a bull riding the COVID wave to victory and through the first six months. However, its primary […] Read more »