When it comes to public trust in the recommendations made by different groups to improve health, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, the public currently trusts nurses, healthcare workers, and doctors more than the nation’s public health institutions and agencies. … Notably, less than half the public has high […] Read more »
Three in Four People Say Covid-19 Vaccines Effective – and Safer Than Getting Covid-19
More than 259 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been given in the United States from December 14, 2020, through May 10, 2021. As of May 5, 2021, well over half a million deaths – 576,238 people – have been reported from Covid-19 in the United States. Yet public health […] Read more »
COVID-19 vaccines: The endgame
In the past four months the COVID-19 vaccination campaign has gone from a desperate, chaotic search for scarce vaccines to enough vaccines for everyone who wants one. The problem now is different; in order to get to herd immunity most experts say we need at least 80% of the population […] Read more »
Changing pandemic politics
… The federal government did almost nothing to deal with the Spanish flu and there’s no indication of public demand for action. President Wilson never uttered a public word about the pandemic. … Former President Trump tried the Wilson strategy — ignoring the pandemic — but it failed quickly and […] Read more »
Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Rises
Fewer Americans are reluctant to get immunized against the coronavirus and they are growing more confident in the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and the quality of their distribution. But those who still hesitate have concerns about whether the vaccines have been properly tested. And 61% of those who […] Read more »
Covid job losses hit working mothers especially hard
The Covid-19 pandemic hammered the U.S. economy, taking jobs away across the board, but some workers have faced a harder path — and women have faced some special challenges. A lot of the jobs that were lost in the service sector, in businesses like restaurants and hotels, were held by […] Read more »