As businesses continue to reopen nationwide, less than half of Americans express confidence in the economy. Forty-five percent say the economy is in good shape, while 54% think its condition is poor. Views are similar to what they were in June and in March. More than six months into his […] Read more »
More parent-provider communication about COVID vaccine needed
Vaccines against COVID-19 have been authorized and recommended for use in children 12 and older; testing is underway for younger children. In June 2021, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a national sample of parents of children 3-18 years about their COVID vaccine decisions. Among […] Read more »
The Delta Variant Is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal
After an all too brief respite, the United States is again at a crossroads in the pandemic. The number of infections has ticked up — slowly at first, then swiftly — to 51,000 cases per day, on average, more than four times the rate a month ago. The country may […] Read more »
How Fox News viewers are less likely to get vaccinated
Most in the media have been urging Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. That hasn’t always been the case at Fox News, however. Many of the hosts have peddled anti-vaccine rhetoric. This past week, though, a number of hosts at Fox have taken a more pro-vaccine tone. One reason […] Read more »
Surge of covid delta variant poses new political threat to Biden and his agenda
The rapid increase in coronavirus infections driven by the delta variant over the past month is turning the country’s attention back to the pandemic and threatening to subsume President Biden’s agenda — just as the White House and its allies hoped to move on from the virus and focus on […] Read more »
Trump supporters are a big reason why Canada and the UK are beating the US on vaccinations
… Just two months ago, less than 5% of Canadians were fully vaccinated against Covid-19. At the same time, about 40% of Americans were. Today, a little less than 50% of Americans are fully vaccinated, while a little more than 50% of Canadians are. Among adults, more than 80% of […] Read more »