A plurality of Americans believe the worst of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is behind us, a The Economist/YouGov survey released this week found.
The survey asked respondents to gauge where they believe the United States is in terms of the pandemic, two years in. A plurality, 44 percent, expressed the belief that the “worst part of the pandemic is behind us,” followed by 22 percent who are unsure.
Seventeen percent believe the pandemic is “going to get worse,” while 16 percent believe the U.S. is “currently in the worst part of the pandemic.”
The survey, taken February 5-8, 2022, among 1,500 U.S. adults, has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percent.
Those opinions coincide with the sudden urge of blue state leaders to lift certain restrictions in their respective states. Gov. John Carney (D) of President Biden’s Delaware, for instance, announced this week the…
