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    Appendix: Categorization of states based on COVID restrictions

    To classify states based on the social-distancing policies they have in place, researchers relied on the Kaiser Family Foundation’s summary of state actions (accessed Nov. 11, 2020). States were given a score based on the number of measures they have in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. These include: An additive index was […]

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    The Challenges of Contact Tracing as U.S. Battles COVID-19

    Majorities of adults say they would be open to participating in some parts of the process of identifying and isolating coronavirus victims, but others are reluctant to engage fully with public health authorities.

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    About this canvassing of experts

    This report is the first of two to come in 2021 that will share results from the 12th “Future of the Internet” canvassing by the Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. Experts were asked to respond to several questions via a web-based instrument that was open to them from June 30-July […]

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    Categorization of COVID-19 county health impact

    This report uses the number and timing of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in each respondent’s county as a measure of the scale of the health impact of the outbreak for each individual in the survey. These numbers are then adjusted for differences in county population (per 100,000 residents). Counties are categorized as having a higher […]

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    The real value of polls

    Quarterly Update A message from Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock · Subscribe ↗ What we can trust 2020 election polls to tell us As Election Day draws closer, Americans are being inundated with polls about the state of the presidential race. And understandably, many are wondering whether polls can be trusted after Donald Trump’s surprise victory […]