… Around 66% of adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to our Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index. COVID is on the downswing. However, let’s not forget that vaccinations are reaching a saturation point. Most adults who want a vaccine have received one by now. We are still […] Read more »
Public Backs Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine to Attend School
Majorities of Americans are in favor of requiring students who are old enough to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to be vaccinated in order to attend classes in the fall. Support ranges from 51% for middle school students to 56% for high school students and 61% for college students. … Predictably, […] Read more »
How children are exacerbating the vaccine divide between blue and red states
… The vast majority of those receiving a Covid-19 vaccination so far have been adults, as 12- to 15-year-olds were only recently allowed to get vaccinated. While older people are most susceptible to the coronavirus, children (especially older children) can get it and pass it on to others. That’s why […] Read more »
Nearly half of Americans talk to mom at least once a day
Most Americans talk to their mothers very regularly, according to a recent CBS News poll. Forty-six percent of Americans whose mother is still living talk to their mothers every day, and another third talk to mom about once a week. CONTINUED Fred Backus, CBS News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a […] Read more »
Covid job losses hit working mothers especially hard
The Covid-19 pandemic hammered the U.S. economy, taking jobs away across the board, but some workers have faced a harder path — and women have faced some special challenges. A lot of the jobs that were lost in the service sector, in businesses like restaurants and hotels, were held by […] Read more »
American Attitudes and U.S. Population Growth
The U.S. Census Bureau’s announcement that the country’s population grew 7.4% over the past decade to 331,449,281 may seem like significant growth — but in reality, it represents the second-lowest decade-to-decade growth rate since the U.S. Census began in 1790, behind only the stagnant growth of the 1930s during the […] Read more »