Poll: Little change in America’s virus concerns
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic are spiking across the country, yet a new poll finds little increase in alarm among Americans about COVID-19 infections and no significantchangeinopinion about how the government shouldacttoslowthespread.
ThesurveyfromTheAssociated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds about 4 in 10 Americans say they are extremely or very worried about themselves or a family member beinginfectedwiththevirus, about the same as in October and slightly lower than in surveys conducted in March and in July.
Stable majorities continue to favor requirements that people wear masks and limit the size of gatherings.
The risks of infection are greater than ever across broad swaths of the country — more than1millionpeople tested positive for the coronavirus over five days last week. The surge has led to recordnumbersofdailyvirus deaths as the U.S. topped 300,000 people dying from the virus over the course of the pandemic.
The nation’s top health officials have pleaded with Americans to redouble their efforts to prevent infections, especially during the holidays.
Roughly three-quarters of Americans say they’re at least somewhat worried aboutthevirus, afigurethat’s aboutthesameasinOctober.
InMarchandJuly, abouthalf of Americans were highly worried.
Support for stay-at-home orders peaked in April, with about 8 in 10 in favor, and has steadily dipped since. Fifty percent now support requiring Americans to stay home except for essential errands, up from 44% in October.
The AP-NORC poll of 1,117 adults, conducted Dec.
3-7, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
ThesurveyfromTheAssociated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds about 4 in 10 Americans say they are extremely or very worried about themselves or a family member beinginfectedwiththevirus, about the same as in October and slightly lower than in surveys conducted in March and in July.
Stable majorities continue to favor requirements that people wear masks and limit the size of gatherings.
The risks of infection are greater than ever across broad swaths of the country — more than1millionpeople tested positive for the coronavirus over five days last week. The surge has led to recordnumbersofdailyvirus deaths as the U.S. topped 300,000 people dying from the virus over the course of the pandemic.
The nation’s top health officials have pleaded with Americans to redouble their efforts to prevent infections, especially during the holidays.
Roughly three-quarters of Americans say they’re at least somewhat worried aboutthevirus, afigurethat’s aboutthesameasinOctober.
InMarchandJuly, abouthalf of Americans were highly worried.
Support for stay-at-home orders peaked in April, with about 8 in 10 in favor, and has steadily dipped since. Fifty percent now support requiring Americans to stay home except for essential errands, up from 44% in October.
The AP-NORC poll of 1,117 adults, conducted Dec.
3-7, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
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