After a challenging fall semester, a national survey from Public Agenda finds that K-12 teachers and parents are largely on the same page regarding education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just over half of both teachers and parents feel that their communities value teachers more now than before the pandemic. While […] Read more »
Why Biden’s vaccine goals are likely too modest and good politics
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that just 29% of Americans think the federal government has done an excellent or good job distributing the Covid-19 vaccine to states so far. … President Joe Biden’s administration has come under some criticism for its goal to deliver 100 million doses of the […] Read more »
Most Give Negative Assessment of Vaccine Distribution Efforts
With news reports about states lagging in their vaccine distribution efforts and concerns that the supply of available vaccines will not meet demand, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor poll (conducted January 11-18) finds two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say the federal government is doing a “fair” or “poor” job […] Read more »
The politicization of covid
After over 9 months of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States and over 400,00 lost Americans, the initial batches of the vaccine are being distributed throughout the country. But, unfortunately, not everybody will be willing to take it and one of the important reasons will have to do […] Read more »
Optimism about Covid rises slightly, but many still worry about a bumpy road ahead
As President Joe Biden begins his tenure in the White House, American voters are somewhat more optimistic than they were last fall about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, but more than 4 in 10 still believe the worst is yet to come and a majority […] Read more »
Americans’ willingness to get the coronavirus vaccine is on the rise
Two-thirds of Americans (66%) say they will try to get vaccinated now that multiple Covid-19 vaccines are approved and beginning to be made available to the public, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That’s up from about half in October (51%), before any vaccines had been approved […] Read more »