8 facts about Americans with disabilities
Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
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Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
More Black Americans say health outcomes for Black people in the United States have improved over the past 20 years than say outcomes have worsened.
Here’s what Americans said they learned about the development of vaccines and medical treatments and their advice for handling a future outbreak.
Just 20% of the public views the coronavirus as a major threat to the health of the U.S. population and only 10% are very concerned about getting a serious case themselves. In addition, a relatively small share of U.S. adults (28%) say they’ve received an updated COVID-19 vaccine since last fall.
Americans in 2022 find themselves in an environment that is at once greatly improved and frustratingly familiar.
We asked respondents to describe in their own words what rose and fell in importance to them during the pandemic. Here are some of the key themes that emerged.
Overall, 46% of Americans say the statement “public health officials were unprepared for the outbreak” describes their views extremely or very well, including similar shares of Republicans and Democrats.
As has often been the case on policy questions about how to deal with the pandemic, partisans are far apart in their views on mask mandates.
While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.
65% of U.S. adults say that they have personally worn a mask in stores or other businesses all or most of the time in the past month.
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