With many employers considering back-to-office plans amidst the delta surge, 50% of working Americans favor requiring employees working in person at their workplace to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Just about as many, 52%, support a requirement for employees working in person at their workplace to wear face masks. In […] Read more »
Mask wars preview the 2022 battle for the Sun Belt
The fierce political struggles erupting across the Sun Belt this summer over mask mandates and other public health precautions against Covid-19 point toward epic governors’ races next year that will test how much the political balance of power has changed in the rapidly growing states at the epicenter of the […] Read more »
How a year of COVID influences views on start of school
As a new school year begins, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked parents of children age 7-18 about their experiences of last school year and their expectations for the year ahead. About one-third of parents (36%) rate at least one aspect of 2020-21 as better […] Read more »
Support for mask and vaccine mandates in schools
As the Delta variant surges, about 60% of adults feel both students and teachers should be required to wear face masks while in school as a response to the pandemic, and a majority support a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for teachers (59%) and students age 12 and older (55%). But as […] Read more »
School mask, vaccine mandates supported in US
As COVID-19 cases surge around the country, a majority of Americans say they support mask mandates for students and teachers in K-12 schools, according to a new poll, but their views are sharply divided along political lines. About 6 in 10 Americans say students and teachers should be required to […] Read more »
Parents weigh in on returning to school amid COVID-19
As the school year gets underway, a majority of parents nationwide support requiring students to wear masks, as most express at least some concern about their children contracting the coronavirus at school. Parents are split, however, on whether schools should require vaccines for children currently eligible to get one, but […] Read more »