Posted on 04/13/2020 3:08:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Twice as many people said that they or a family member had the flu recently versus COVID-19.
In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 13% said they or a family member had the flu during the 2018-2019 season when 34,200 died.
And, for the current pandemic, it found that 6% said that they or a family member has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
It also said that many were willing to take the drug touted by President Trump as a potential cure. “Thirty-eight percent say they would take the drug hydroxychloroquine if they were diagnosed with the coronavirus,” Rasmussen said.
But, as with so much in America today, even taking the drug is partisan.
Said Rasmussen, “Politics rules these days even when it comes to personal health. While 53% of Republicans say they would take hydroxychloroquine if diagnosed with COVID-19, just 18% of Democrats and 28% of those not affiliated with either major party agree.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
GOOD NEWS! Only 18% of DemocRATS would take it. Sounds good to me.
Rats are inherently stupid.
The are ready and willing to “cut off their noses to spite their faces”.
From Rasmussen Reports:
Few Americans have been personally affected healthwise by the coronavirus so far, but politics is a factor when it comes to potential treatment.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that six percent (6%) of American Adults now say they or a member of their immediate family has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Among these Americans, 38% say they would take the drug Hydroxychloroquine if they were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Forty-one percent (41%) would not, but 21% more are not sure.
Among all Americans, 31% would take the anti-malarial drug that many experts say counters the coronavirus but came under political attack after President Trump endorsed it. Thirty-five percent (35%) would not take Hydroxychloroquine. Just as many (34%) are undecided.
Politics rules these days even when it comes to personal health. While 53% of Republicans say they would take Hydroxychloroquine if diagnosed with COVID-19, just 18% of Democrats and 28% of those not affiliated with either major party agree.
The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted April 8-9, 2020 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Thirteen percent (13%) of Americans said last October that they had had the flu the previous year, and 55% intended to get the flu shot before the current flu season.
Americans under 40 are more likely than their elders to report that they or someone in their immediate family has been diagnosed with COVID-19. But these younger adults are the least likely to take Hydroxychloriquine if diagnosed with the disease themselves.
Men are more willing to take Hydroxychloriquine than women are, perhaps in part because men are twice as likely to say they or someone in their immediate family has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Blacks are less willing to take the drug than whites and other minority Americans. Other minorities report more cases of coronavirus in their family than blacks and whites do.
Americans are nearly all keeping their distance from others during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, but many also acknowledge that social distancing is hurting some of their close personal relationships.
Democrats remain highly critical of how the government is handling the coronavirus crisis and think a new House oversight committee will make things better. Republicans see more politics ahead.
Dems are lying as usual.
Good. Those who love America can take the drug and live, while those stricken with TDS can refuse and die.
They would take it the are LIARS as usual!!!
DemocRats literally would rather die than admit Trump was right. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
I would have taken it, until I learned that it has a bad reaction with Metformin.
Probably if I was sick with it, I’d ask the doc about stopping metformin and starting HCQ 24 hours later.
Metformin has a half life of 6 hours. After 24 hours 94% of it is gone out of your system.
And 60% of medical doctors polled.
These people are just plain idiotic.
They refuse to take a drug which saves their life. Nah not having it. If they were on their death bed then their politics goes right out of the window.
Democrats and their media arm are actively killing people by demonizing the most effective treatment that’s been found for this virus. The irony is that it’s mostly their own people who believe them and are thus willing to die to make their point for them.
Now if we could convince the Demonicrats to hold their breath until a Demonicrat becomes President.
“Only 18% of DemocRATS would take it.”
TDS. Liberalism IS a mental disorder.
Call it the “Trump drug” and Democrats would rather die than take it.
The rats are lying as usual.
Trouble is, even if they die, they’ll still vote.
” But these younger adults are the least likely to take Hydroxychloriquine if diagnosed with the disease themselves.”
When your life is on the line, money talks and the BS walks.
exactly. D I E bishes. Who CARES at this point. Your choice.
I'm not seeing a down side here.
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