The official health emergency over Covid may be over, but the effects still linger. And this week the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, published a study that supported a theory many had suspected: The pandemic didn’t hit all Americans the same — and Republicans, who lagged behind in accepting the Covid […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters believe COVID-19 pandemic permanently changed US
While a majority of voters believes the coronavirus pandemic is in check, over half say it has changed us forever. The latest Fox News survey finds 57% think the virus has permanently changed how we live in the United States. That’s up from 50% in 2022 and 2021. Another 33% […] Read more »
The Covid emergency is over. Calculating the final toll is just beginning.
Earlier this month, the emergency that surrounded Covid-19 was officially declared to be over. The World Health Organization and the federal government both announced that Covid-19, or at least the worst part of it, was in the rearview mirror. So this week, the Data Download turns its attention to the […] Read more »
Half of the Public Would Likely Get an Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Offered Like a Flu Shot
More than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, about half (53%) the public says they would likely get an annual COVID-19 vaccine if offered similar to an annual flu shot, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor finds. This includes about a third (32%) who would be “very likely” to do […] Read more »
Issue Approvals of Biden, Trump, Obama in 6 Charts
Gallup reviews Americans’ opinions of President Joe Biden’s handling of five key issues as well as ratings of Barack Obama and Donald Trump on the same issues: the economy, immigration, foreign affairs in general, and relations with Russia and China. A sixth chart compares Biden and Trump on the pandemic […] Read more »
At Year Three, Americans Split on Whether Pandemic Is Over
Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and much of the U.S. went into lockdown, Americans are evenly divided about whether the coronavirus pandemic is over in the U.S. Forty-nine percent say it is, while 51% say it is not. … Fifty-two percent of Americans currently […] Read more »