Posted on 11/30/2021 8:56:31 AM PST by lightman
If you consumed just mainstream media coverage, you'd think the emergence of new variants and ongoing seasonal surges of the Wuhan coronavirus were paralyzing the nation in fear. As it turns out, people aren't buying as much of the frenzied coverage these days, at least according to new polling from Gallup.
The survey was conducted November 1-16 and released on Tuesday and shows that fewer than half — just 45 percent — of Americans rate COVID-19 as the "most urgent health problem facing this country at the present time." That number is down from 67 percent a year ago, showing the Wuhan coronavirus is still top of mind for Americans, but they don't view it as urgently as they did previously.
Interestingly, the drop was most dramatic among Democrats, according to the data. "In November 2020, COVID-19 dominated Democrats' and independents' perceptions of the most urgent problem, with 81% and 70%, respectively, naming it," Gallup's report explains. "At the same time, a bare majority of Republicans (56%) saw the virus as the leading health problem."
But now, a year later, "Democrats' and independents' concern has fallen more than 20 percentage points, to 57% and 42%, respectively" while "Republicans' concern has declined by less than half as much, to 45%."
The decrease in worry about the Wuhan coronavirus from Democrats brought their level of concern closer to Republicans, and the only significant variables that changed were the wide availability of vaccines and a different president in the White House.
Still, the 24 point drop for Democrats and 28 point drop for independents compared with the 11 point drop among Republicans suggest that Republicans were more resistant to the flurry of panic that was seen among Democrats but has now subdued.
So, does winning a presidential election mean fewer Democrats think COVID is a pressing issue? It seems like that was a factor. Is it a result of the mainstream media's all-out war against President Trump and his administration's handling of the pandemic that largely subsided once Joe Biden took the oath of office? That too, would make sense.
Perhaps more than framing what Americans think about the Wuhan coronavirus, the latest data from Gallup sheds light on how Americans — and Democrats in particular — react to the narrative created and propagated by mainstream media. It also suggests that, when it came to COVID, Republicans were much more even-keeled in their reaction and processing of the threat it posed.
Just another liberal boogeyman like the ozone and global warming, because they know that if people start listening to the truth, they’re doomed.
Gave it “15 days to flatten the curve” then anything beyond that I knew it wasn’t about the virus. It was the globalist reset for control. Over all most people comply. Sad, very sad. You don’t mask or quarantine healthy people.
It breaks down in thirds. One third is scared. One third is skeptical. The third third can go either way depending on whether the scared or the skeptical are more convincing. One wolf is angry, one wolf is happy and the one sheep has to choose which wolf to follow. There will always be one third that will wear masks when they are not required.
Notice that Dr. Mengele is going to be all over spraying his BS about another virus going to KILL US ALL!
Well yeah! The greatest health threats are climate change, gun violence, homophobia, racism, and white supremacist domestic terrorism! /s
Correct. It is not. However it came at the right time, when the statists needed a focus point for our minds.
Covid was hyped beyond all reasonable limits. It was deliberately and intentionally made the biggest most overriding concern of all, pushing everything else out of the news.
It was what they needed to get rid of Trump, but they used it for a pile of other things too, especially repressive control of the sheep who were getting out of hand with their cries of “Make America great” “freedom” “constitution” “low taxes” “God”. The virus came at the time when they wanted to get rid of those things.
And they immediately turned up the repression. Immediately they turned the coercive force of the government against us, with their lockdowns, fines, arrests, beatings.
No one can fool me. Any more.
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