Views on COVID-Related Disruption Steady Since June It quickly resurged, however - hitting 51% in late December, only to gradually fall to 34% by February, in line with the rate of new COVID-19 infections. Worry about access to medical supplies and treatment also dropped between August and September, from 40% to 26%. From August to September, the percentage of Americans worried about access to testing fell from 35% to 25%, roughly where it remained through the end of January. Late last summer, the Trump administration announced plans to deploy 150 million rapid tests in 2020, likely alleviating some public fear about access to testing, as well as to medical supplies and treatment. In February 2021, 22% of Americans were very or moderately worried about the availability of tests, while 34% were very or moderately worried about the availability of hospital supplies, services and treatments. Americans' worries about the availability of COVID-19 tests, as well as hospital supplies, services and treatments. However, as cases climbed again, so did concern, with roughly four in 10 Americans registering worry about both through August of last year.
By mid-June, 33% of Americans worried about access to COVID-19 tests, and 34% worried about access to medical supplies and services. As they isolated in an effort to "flatten the curve" and slow the rate of infection, Americans' concern about access to COVID-19 tests and medical supplies and services declined. At that time, 60% of Americans were very or moderately worried about the availability of COVID-19 tests, and 64% were very or moderately worried about the availability of hospital supplies, services and treatment in their area. Last April, worry about access to COVID-19 tests, as well as medical supplies and services, was widespread. Worry About Access to COVID-19 Tests, Medical Supplies Has Waned Americans' optimism further improved in the February poll, as new cases continued to decline nationwide. In January of this year, the number of new cases began to fall, as did the percentage saying the situation was worsening, to 39%. Majorities of Americans would continue to view the situation as getting worse through mid-August, with a peak of 73% saying so as new cases of the disease surged to over 70,000 in one day.Īs the number of new cases receded in September, the percentage of Americans reporting the situation as worsening declined as well, falling to 42% - only to climb again in November, matching the previous peak of 73%. In late June, for the first time since April, a majority of Americans (65%) said the situation was getting worse. In February 2021, 60% of Americans said the situation was getting a little or a lot better, 26% it was staying the same and 14% a little or a lot worse.Īs COVID-19 cases surged throughout June, following a loosening of business closures in several states, Americans became markedly more pessimistic. Americans' perceptions of the trajectory of the COVID-19 situation. Through mid-June, roughly four in 10 Americans said the situation was improving, including a then-record high of 47% during the first week of June. Last April, when Gallup first asked Americans for their views on the COVID-19 situation in the U.S., 56% said it was getting worse, while 29% said it was getting better and 15% said it was staying the same. When the percentage of new COVID-19 cases spiked in the summer and fall, majorities of Americans said the situation was getting worse.
Gallup previously documented a strong relationship between changes in COVID infection rates and Americans' assessment of the situation. This record-high optimism likely reflects the steep decline in new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as getting better, while 26% say it is staying the same and 14% believe it is getting worse. Six in 10 See COVID-19 Situation as Getting Betterįor the first time in Gallup's trend, a majority of Americans (60%) perceive the coronavirus situation in the U.S.
At the same time, Americans' reports of the extent to which the pandemic has disrupted their lives, and their predictions for how long the disruption will last, remain steady. One year after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the U.S., Americans have become markedly more upbeat in their views of the trajectory of the situation, and their worries about access to testing and medical supplies and services have eased. adults have reported experiencing disruption 22% worry about access to COVID-19 tests, down from 60% last April.60% of Americans report COVID-19 situation is improving, a trend high.
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