US Interest In Coronavirus Waning Tyler Durden
Tue, 06/30/2020 – 23:05
COVID-19cases are reaching record levels yet again in the
U.S., despite most developed countries around the world
successfully flattening their curve and reopening without another
major wave of infections. One of the big problems in the U.S.,
Statista’s Willem Roper suggests based on recent data, may be
a growing indifference amid a weariness of
misinformation and a news cycle dominated by the
virus.
In a new survey from the Pew Research Center, nearly 40
percent of U.S. adults in June say the outbreak has been
exaggerated – an almost 10 percent increase since April.
In terms of political party, respondents who identified as
Republican or leaning Republican had the largest increase between
April and June, going from 47 percent to 63 percent believing the
outbreak has been exaggerated.
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In March and April, Pew recorded that a majority of
Americans were closely following updated news on COVID-19
and how it was spreading locally, nationally and globally. Since
then, new surveys show Americans’ interest has quickly
dissipated, going from 46 percent in May to just 39 percent
of U.S. adults saying they’re closely following COVID-19 news in
June.
Other data from this Pew survey show how misinformation is
coursing through the country, with nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults
saying they’re finding it hard to identify truth from fiction
regarding COVID-19. A growing percentage of Americans are
also paying more attention to the conspiracy that the coronavirus
outbreak was planned by “powerful people.â€
