Friday brought some welcome employment news, with the economy adding roughly 560,000 new jobs in May, knocking the unemployment rate below 6 percent. Combined with the latest news about falling Covid-19 cases and increasing numbers of Americans getting vaccinated, many analysts are hoping for an economic boom this summer as […] Read more »
US is on track to fall short of Biden’s July 4 vaccine goal
The United States is in danger of not meeting President Joe Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal. Biden wants at least 70% of all adults (i.e. those aged 18 and above) to receive at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by that date. An examination of the latest stats and […] Read more »
Not So Hesitant Summer
Summer is here. This time around, we can actually enjoy it, particularly if you’re vaccinated. But that’s the catch. Despite the broad availability of vaccines in the US now, many, around one in five, are still skeptical about vaccines and unsure that they’ll ever get one. This poses obvious problems […] Read more »
U.S. Life Becomes Quasi-Normal as Virus Fears Fade
Now that the majority of Americans aged 18 and older are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and restrictions meant to curb the spread of the disease are increasingly being rolled back, two-thirds of U.S. adults (66%) say their lives are either “somewhat” or “completely” back to normal. CONTINUED Megan Brenan & […] Read more »
Two-Thirds of the Public Say the U.S. Should Play a Major Role in Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines Globally
With increased attention to the global need for COVID-19 vaccines and the Biden administration’s announcement today about how it plans to distribute the first portion of the 80 million doses it will share by the end of this month, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that two-thirds of the […] Read more »
The Olympics: No Fans or Families in the Stands? Nearly Half of Americans Say They’ll Still Be Watching
… Thus far, the Japanese government and Olympic Committee have moved to exclude from the stands foreign fans, including families of the athletes, and are scheduled to soon announce whether any fans whatsoever will be allowed in the venues. Given the controversy, a gauge of the public pulse on the […] Read more »