Opinion Today

September 21, 2023

Americans' COVID-19 Concerns Rise, but Still Restrained
Lydia Saad, Gallup
Perhaps reflecting the rise in COVID-19 infections and new variants emerging over the summer, Americans have become less confident about the direction in which the coronavirus situation is going and are slightly less likely to believe the pandemic is over. They have also grown a bit more concerned about their own chances of being infected.

New poll finds 15% of Americans have had COVID 2 or 3 times
Rachel Grumman Bender, Yahoo Life
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that while 32% of adults say they’ve had COVID once, 15% report they’ve been infected two or three times. However, more people may have been infected than they even realize. While U.S. Census data shows that nearly 55% of Americans believe they’ve had COVID, the reality is that it’s much higher, with an estimated 77.5% of Americans having antibodies from getting COVID at least once, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…