With the delta variant driving COVID-19 infection rates back up in July, Americans have become less confident that they can protect themselves when in public from catching the coronavirus. The percentage who are “very confident” fell to 38% at the end of the month, after rising to a pandemic high […] Read more »
K-12 Parents Support Mask Mandate, Divided on Vaccines
As children in the U.S. head back to school amid another uptick in COVID-19 cases, and public health and school officials are grappling with safety measures, majorities of Americans support mask mandates in schools for unvaccinated students and teachers or staff members. They likewise think middle and high school students […] Read more »
Federal Health Agencies Get Good Marks, But Give Mixed Messages on Covid
A bare majority of Americans, driven by Democrats, support bringing back masking and social distancing guidelines, according to a Monmouth University Poll conducted before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced its revised recommendations last week. The poll finds that public anxiety about contracting Covid-19 has ticked back […] Read more »
More Republican politicians are endorsing vaccination. It just might work.
Among Americans who have yet to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, Republicans have been most consistently hesitant. The gap in vaccination rates between counties that voted for Joe Biden and those that voted for Donald Trump has only widened over time. … Our research shows that vaccination endorsements from elite […] Read more »
Americans’ Optimism About COVID-19 Dashed as Cases Surge
In a dramatic shift from last month, more Americans now say the coronavirus situation in the U.S. is getting worse (45%) rather than better (40%). In June, a record 89% said the situation was getting better, while only 3% said it was getting worse. The current survey marks the first […] Read more »
The data shows the unvaccinated don’t fear the virus, even as they are most at risk
Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are again rising in the US. All the evidence we have suggests that vaccines help prevent most cases, and those who are unvaccinated are putting themselves at major risk. Yet, all the data we have suggests that it is the unvaccinated who are the least afraid […] Read more »