New Survey Reveals Significant Doubts About Masks And Vaccines

Only about half of Americans now think masks and vaccines have been very effective or extremely effective in limiting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. That's the finding of a new Pew Research survey of more than 10,000 adults, which provides insights into Americans' thinking about many aspects of the pandemic

Only 48% think wearing masks around other people indoors has been extremely or very effective

• 23% give masks a lukewarm "somewhat effective" grade
• 28% say they're either not too" or "not at all effective"
• 62% say that too little priority has been given to meeting the educational needs of K-12 students
• Even when schools opened for in-person instruction, the damage to learning continued with the pointless masking of children, which impedes communication and harms social interactions

When asked to evaluate "public health officials," only about half of Americans say they've done an excellent or good job

• Attitudes differ sharply by political orientation
• 72% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents rate public health officials as excellent/good, while 29% of Republicans and Republican-leaners do not
• 75% say vaccines have been extremely or very effective, while 32% say they have been ineffective
• 71% give high marks to masking, and 71% to ineffective use of vaccines

 

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