Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say the coronavirus pandemic is not under control in the United States, but far fewer say they’ll get vaccinated against it, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. As the country endures record levels of daily COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, 52% say the virus […] Read more »
Pessimism About COVID-19 Situation Eases Slightly
Gallup’s late December/early January update on COVID-19 attitudes finds a modest reduction in the percentage of Americans who say the situation is “getting worse.” Sixty-three percent of U.S. adults now hold this view, down from 73% in late November. Twenty percent currently think the situation is “staying about the same” […] Read more »
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine is rising, but so is pessimism about getting back to normal
Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine continues to soar, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but pessimism is also on the rise about when things in the United States will get back to normal. … Now 56% of those surveyed say they will get the vaccine as soon it was […] Read more »
Americans see democracy under threat
Americans see President-elect Joe Biden taking office amid both the health crisis of the pandemic — and what they decry as a confusing vaccine rollout that is far too slow — then more broadly, they voice deep concern about the health of democracy itself. And it seems too facile to […] Read more »
Americans criticize vaccine rollout as too slow
Most Americans are not satisfied with the coronavirus vaccine distribution in their state, with a majority saying it is going too slowly and feeling that the process of how to go about getting a vaccine hasn’t been well-explained yet. This comes as more people are now interested in getting vaccinated, […] Read more »
Gender, Personality and Public Health Compliance
As new COVID-19 infections persist at high levels throughout much of the United States and worldwide, new research from the Franklin Templeton-Gallup Economics of Recovery Study shows the role of personality traits in affecting adherence to public health guidelines, acceptance of vaccination and confidence in going out in public. CONTINUED […] Read more »