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1. Americans’ views on COVID-19 risk and the country’s response to health emergencies
21% of Americans still see COVID-19 as a major public health threat
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- 1. Americans’ views on COVID-19 risk and the country’s response to health emergencies
- 21% of Americans still see COVID-19 as a major public health threat
- 60% of Democrats worry we’re not taking COVID-19 seriously enough, 76% of Republicans disagree
- Majority says it’s important for people with cold-like symptoms to avoid contact with vulnerable people
- Democrats more likely than Republicans to say it’s important for sick people to take steps that can prevent spreading illness
- Very few Americans say they have worn a mask frequently in stores or businesses in the past month
- Mask-wearing in stores and businesses is now rare among both Democrats and Republicans
- Republicans say there should have been fewer COVID restrictions, but Democrats say they were about right
- Most Americans give high marks to hospitals’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Large partisan divides over how U.S. public health officials, Biden and Trump responded to COVID-19
- 40% of Americans say the country would do better in responding to a future health emergency compared with the response to COVID-19
- Republicans are evenly divided over how well the U.S. public health system would handle a future health emergency