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October 3, 2022

Lack of Preparedness Among Top Reactions Americans Have to Public Health Officials’ COVID-19 Response

Among U.S. adults, about half say they will probably get an updated vaccine booster or already have

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Lack of Preparedness Among Top Reactions Americans Have to Public Health Officials’ COVID-19 Response
Public health officials get mixed ratings for the job they’ve done communicating about COVID-19
Majority of Americans say false and misleading information contributed a lot to problems with the country’s coronavirus response
Republicans, Democrats agree that false and misleading information contributed to problems the country faced dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak
Democrats view Dr. Fauci’s impact on coronavirus response more positively than Republicans
54% of Americans say the CDC is doing an excellent or good job responding to the COVID-19 outbreak
Partisans continue to differ in ratings of public health officials
Americans’ ratings of communication efforts by public health officials are closely divided
Lack of preparedness among top statements Americans use to describe public health officials’ response to the coronavirus outbreak
Republicans more likely than Democrats to say that public health officials’ personal views had too much influence on policy
Most Americans do not anticipate a major setback from new COVID-19 variants
Declining share of Americans express concern about getting a serious case of COVID-19
Black and Hispanic adults more concerned than White adults about getting a serious case of COVID-19
About seven-in-ten Americans say they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19
American Trends Panel recruitment surveys
Invitation and reminder dates
Weighting dimensions
Margins of error
Response rates
White evangelical Protestants less likely than other religious groups to say they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

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