As soon as the novel coronavirus began spreading across the country, some pundits—and on occasion President Trump—alleged that health experts and the media were exaggerating the problem and that policy makers were responding with measures that the American people would not tolerate. The high-quality survey research published in recent days […] Read more »
Most Americans Say Coronavirus Outbreak Has Impacted Their Lives
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise and schools, workplaces and public gathering spaces across the United States remain closed, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the coronavirus outbreak is having profound impacts on the personal lives of Americans in a variety of ways. Nearly […] Read more »
A third report a job loss, half a pay cut as coronavirus crisis grips the economy
Economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis are gripping the nation: One in three Americans in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say they or an immediate family member have been laid off or lost their job as a result of the pandemic, and more – half – report a cut in […] Read more »
Most Americans agree with measures to fight the pandemic that Trump claims ‘real people’ want to see end
… Trump’s framing on Wednesday afternoon was of a hyperactive media pushing the country to a position aimed at hurting him personally, over the objections of the American people. (That the shutdown is harming news organizations, which are also businesses, probably doesn’t worry Trump too much.) Most people don’t agree, […] Read more »
Americans Step Up Their Social Distancing Even Further
Americans this past weekend stepped up their already considerable efforts to engage in social distancing in response to the novel coronavirus. Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults now say they are avoiding public places like stores and restaurants, well ahead of the 54% reporting this last week. Nearly as many (68%) […] Read more »
Americans Rapidly Answering the Call to Isolate, Prepare
In the span of a week, Americans have gone from tepid adoption of social distancing to majorities engaging in nearly every major practice advocated by government and health officials as ways to contain community spread of the novel coronavirus. But there is a long way to go to approach full […] Read more »