COVID-19 was pervasive in the media’s early coverage of the Biden administration
The pandemic and its effects on society became a pervasive part of the media narrative about Joe Biden’s first 60 days in office.
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The pandemic and its effects on society became a pervasive part of the media narrative about Joe Biden’s first 60 days in office.
In Americans’ views of some aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is little, or only modest, partisan difference.
Publics disagree about whether restrictions on public activity, such as stay-at-home orders or mandates to wear masks in public, have gone far enough to combat COVID-19.
Dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy is linked to concerns about the economy, the pandemic and social divisions.
The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.
Trust in scientists and medical scientists has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, with 29% of U.S. adults saying they have a great deal of confidence in medical scientists to act in the best interests of the public. This is down from 40% in November 2020 and 35% in January 2019, before COVID-19 emerged. Other prominent groups – including the military, police officers and public school principals – have also seen their ratings decline.
In the nearly nine months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a national emergency, almost every part of the country has been directly affected by the loss of life resulting from the virus.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
A large majority of Americans say additional COVID-19 aid is needed – and want Congress to pass it as soon as possible.
Just 9% of the public says it will be less than six months before most public activities operate about as they did before the outbreak.
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