In a television appearance last month, President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is over.” Only 1 in 5 Americans would make that kind of blanket declaration about Covid-19, but the latest Monmouth University Poll finds most feel it is time to put pandemic-era restrictions – such as mask and vaccine […] Read more »
Excess Death Rates for Republicans and Democrats During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Political affiliation has emerged as a potential risk factor for COVID-19, amid evidence that Republican-leaning counties have had higher COVID-19 death rates than Democrat-leaning counties and evidence of a link between political party affiliation and vaccination views. This study constructs an individual-level dataset with political affiliation and excess death rates […] Read more »
Half of Public Has Heard Little or Nothing About the New COVID-19 Booster Aimed at Omicron
Less than a month after the Food and Drug Administration authorized new COVID-19 booster shots that target both the omicron and original strains, public awareness is modest, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey finds. Half the public says they’ve heard either “a lot” (17%) or “some” (33%) about the […] Read more »
COVID-19 Vaccines Uncommon for U.S. Children Under Age 5
A recent Gallup poll finds that 14% of U.S. parents of children under age 5 say their child has received a COVID-19 vaccine. This comes about two months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of vaccines for children in this age group. While relatively few children […] Read more »
Public Divided on Student COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
As U.S. students begin the 2022-2023 school year, Americans are mostly divided on whether students at all levels of education should be required to have COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of in-person attendance. Slightly less than half of Americans, 48%, believe elementary students should be vaccinated in order to attend […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: More concern over coronavirus than monkeypox
As the U.S. approaches year four of battling the novel coronavirus and starts to grapple with another health crisis, monkeypox, the latest Fox News survey finds voters are more concerned about the virus that has plagued the country since 2020 than the one that has more recently taken hold. Moreover, […] Read more »