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A third of Americans still 'very worried' or 'somewhat worried' about getting Covid and one in SEVEN still wearing a mask in public, poll finds
Daily Mail ^ | August 30, 2023 | Catherine Tilley

Posted on 08/31/2023 4:42:11 AM PDT by DoodleBob

Almost a third of Americans are still worried about the threat of Covid, a survey suggests.

When asked by YouGov, 'How worried are you about getting Covid-19?', 24 percent of adults said they were 'somewhat worried', while seven percent said they were 'very worried.'

The answers — given between August 17 and August 21 — are down slightly from April 2022, when 45 percent said 'somewhat worried' and 13 percent said 'very worried'.

The poll was conducted amid a slight upswing in Covid rates and the rise of two highly mutated variants — EG.5, or Eris, and BA.2.86, or Pirola.

Meanwhile, one in seven said they are still wearing a mask 'some of the time', and the same proportion said they would 'think less of' someone wearing a mask in public.

Yahoo conducted the survey! and YouGov using a representative sample of 1,665 US adults who were interviewed online

Black Americans and Democrats were more likely than other groups to say they follow Covid news 'very closely' or 'somewhat closely'.

In general, a third of Americans said they had been closely following the current reports of the number of Covid infections.

When asked about booster shots, 34 percent said they would be willing to get another one and nine percent said they would not. The other 57 percent indicated they had not received an initial booster shot.

Some 14 percent said they think less of people they now see wearing a mask in public, but 73 percent said they would not judge either way.

Nine percent said they would think more of them, and the remaining four percent were not sure.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid1984; masks
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1 posted on 08/31/2023 4:42:11 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

1 in 7....still wearing masking....more like 1 in 70,0000.


2 posted on 08/31/2023 4:44:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: DoodleBob

I appreciate folks who wear a mask. It signals that they are imbeciles with whom there is no need to engage or interact.


3 posted on 08/31/2023 4:45:30 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: DoodleBob

One in seven are certainly not wearing a mask in Northern New England. Maybe 1/200.


4 posted on 08/31/2023 4:46:50 AM PDT by Jim Noble (They don't think you know but I know that you do.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Right. I see perhaps one person in the wild, per day, wearing a mask.


5 posted on 08/31/2023 4:50:21 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: DoodleBob

The lasy I read, 98% of the population had some protection from Covid...I think we call it herd immunity...and it would have come a lot sooner except the states insisted on lockdowns.


6 posted on 08/31/2023 4:52:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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https://time.com/6284236/covid-19-immunity-antibodies/


7 posted on 08/31/2023 4:55:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sirius Lee

Me too.


8 posted on 08/31/2023 4:57:23 AM PDT by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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I'm still wearing my mask in public. It helps keep people away...


9 posted on 08/31/2023 4:57:51 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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1 in 7? What, did they limit the survey to blue cities? I haven’t seen anyone wearing a mask for weeks, and probably at most 10 people over the past 6 months.


10 posted on 08/31/2023 4:58:32 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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1 in 7 are morons walking around with masks so old they are usually brown instead of their original white.


11 posted on 08/31/2023 4:59:06 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Sirius Lee

Wearing a mask in public is an announcement that the wearer is irrationally afraid, irretrievably ignorant and breathtakingly naive. I just smile and walk on by. I don’t know — or care, for that matter — what their response is because they’re hiding their face and shielding their identity ... as they should.


12 posted on 08/31/2023 4:59:46 AM PDT by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: DoodleBob

I guess 1/3 of Americans are giant f***ing pussies.


13 posted on 08/31/2023 5:00:41 AM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: RoosterRedux

Haha, love it!


14 posted on 08/31/2023 5:01:12 AM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: DoodleBob

I go the same convenience store every day to get coffee, a guy in his mid-30s works there in the mornings, he’s still wearing a mask, quite a few mornings when I get there at 5am when the store opens, he’s standing out front smoking a cigarette.

I can’t help but see the contradiction a guy still wearing a mask because of Covid who smokes cigarettes.


15 posted on 08/31/2023 5:01:27 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: DoodleBob

Down nearly 50% in 4 months isn’t slightly!


16 posted on 08/31/2023 5:01:30 AM PDT by deek69
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To: DoodleBob

Worried? Not a bit
Mask? Not a chance
Think of others who wear masks? Retards


17 posted on 08/31/2023 5:01:33 AM PDT by cyclotic (The real problem with racism in America today is that demand far outstrips supply)
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To: DoodleBob

What a stupid society we have.


18 posted on 08/31/2023 5:02:15 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: DoodleBob

With my asthma, I’m no more worried about getting Covid than I am the flu. I stay out of crowds in winter as much as possible.


19 posted on 08/31/2023 5:02:42 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: Sacajaweau

I’m in a blue state and see it somewhere between the 2, so there’s clearly some “virtue responding” from the maskinistas here.


20 posted on 08/31/2023 5:04:17 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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