Covid-19 cases jumped 10% in the United States over the last week and the Delta variant could become the dominant strain. The variant is more transmissible than most other strains, but we also know that vaccines work well against it. There is clear evidence that the vaccines work well in […] Read more »
Biden earns high marks for handling the pandemic, but many Republicans resist vaccination
President Biden has earned high marks for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the government’s effort to vaccinate as many Americans as possible continues to face hurdles, including resistance among people who identify as Republicans, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. … Today, more than 6 in 10 […] Read more »
Vaccine-hesitant Americans reject delta variant risk, posing questions for pandemic recovery
Vaccine-hesitant Americans overwhelmingly reject the reported risks of the coronavirus delta variant, posing questions for the nation’s pandemic recovery on a Fourth of July the Biden administration has marked as a turning point in the nation’s long public health ordeal. Three in 10 adults in the latest ABC News/Washington Post […] Read more »
Hope For Normalcy Is Growing. Here’s What Americans Are Still Worried About
Normal is not easily defined. The past 15 months, though, have certainly been anything but. Americans are starting to believe a “sense of normal” is approaching fairly soon, however, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey. The poll also found that with the coronavirus receding in this country, mask-wearing is […] Read more »
Half of U.S. fears another COVID wave even as optimism grows
Even as more Americans seem optimistic that life is returning to normal, half of U.S. adults are worried that another surge of COVID-19 infections could threaten the country, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. With states dropping pandemic restrictions and the most transmissible coronavirus variant so far on the […] Read more »
Sharply Fewer in U.S. Cite COVID-19 as Nation’s Top Problem
With Americans feeling increasingly optimistic about the coronavirus pandemic, just 8% now mention it as the most important problem in the U.S., the lowest point since it began. This is a decline of seven percentage points since May and 12 points since April. The highest percentage citing COVID-19 was 45% […] Read more »