Well, despite the fear-mongering on 24/7 cable news channels and Dr. Anthony Fauci offering doom and gloom prognostications that fail to become reality, the American people have given up on being afraid.
According to a new Gallup poll, 35 percent of Americans are worried about catching the coronavirus, down from 49 percent. Seventy-seven percent admit that the COVID-19 situation is improving, while two-thirds say that there is still plenty of disruption to their day-to-day lives.
The polling company wrote in its report:
“Americans have become substantially less worried about contracting COVID-19 as a growing proportion of adults have been fully vaccinated and as satisfaction with the vaccine rollout has improved. These shifts have occurred while coronavirus infection rates have fallen substantially from highs reached in January of this year. Optimism about the COVID-19 situation has also spiked to a record high. Gallup previously observed a meaningful relationship between Americans’ perceptions of the coronavirus situation and changes in reported numbers of daily new cases.
After the March survey was conducted, infection rates began to rise again. This may be at least partially connected to the decrease in reported strict social distancing by Americans at a time when more contagious variants of the virus are spreading. Public health experts see the U.S. now in a race to get large numbers of Americans vaccinated before those variants spread further. The outcome of that race will determine the future course of infections in the U.S. and will likely determine whether Americans show continued increasing optimism about the COVID-19 situation or a course correction in their attitudes.”
As the recent Texas Rangers ballgame shows, many people have given up on being afraid, choosing to lead their lives.
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