Academic, emotional concerns outweigh COVID-19 risks in parents’ views about keeping schools open
53% of parents of K-12 students say schools in the United States should be providing a mix of in-person and online instruction this winter.
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53% of parents of K-12 students say schools in the United States should be providing a mix of in-person and online instruction this winter.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.
Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.
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.
As the pandemic continues, a growing share of Americans say they are regularly wearing a face covering in stores and other businesses.
Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults say they have had a physical reaction at least some or a little of the time when thinking about the outbreak.
One out of every ten veterans alive today was seriously injured at some point while serving in the military, and three-quarters of those injuries occurred in combat.
There is a sizable gap between the expectations that young and middle-aged adults have about old age and the actual experiences reported by older adults themselves.
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