By mid-March, all 50 states had reported coronavirus cases. News about the virus was breaking so rapidly that public concern ticked up noticeably even within the weeklong field period of our survey. from parts of Europe and the White House advise Americans to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people. We interviewed nearly 9,000 Americans over the course of the next seven days – a period that saw the World Health Organization declare the virus a pandemic President Donald Trump declare a national emergency and ban travel to the U.S.
Our first COVID-19 survey went into the field on March 10, 2020. In early surveys, a sign of things to come extends into its second year – with more than 500,000 dead and major challenges to the nation’s economy – Pew Research Center looks back at some of the key patterns in public attitudes and experiences we observed in the first year of the crisis. was in a 14-nation survey last summer.Īs the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. America’s partisan divide stood out even by international standards: No country was as politically divided over its government’s handling of the outbreak as the U.S. Democrats and Republicans disagreed over everything from eating out in restaurants to reopening schools, even as the actual impact of the pandemic fell along different fault lines, including race and ethnicity, income, age and family structure. public opinion in the first year of the coronavirus outbreak may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response. And they generally had confidence in hospitals and medical centers to handle the needs of those stricken with the virus.Īs the pandemic wore on, however, there was less and less common ground. Most approved of their state and local officials’ initial responses to the outbreak. With restaurants, stores and other public spaces around the country closing their doors, most saw COVID-19 as a serious economic threat to the nation. This is a breaking story and will be updated.About a year ago, state and local governments in the United States began urging residents to adjust their work, school and social lives in response to the spread of a novel coronavirus first identified in China.Īmericans could agree on a few things at that early stage of the U.S.
I can’t even count the number of times I’ve filmed protests around the White House, and nothing has ever ever looked like this.
This is silmultaneously jarring and heartbreaking. Protesters turned to vandals in Washington, DC, when a man jumped up onto a building to spray paint obscenities in opposition to the president. Press isn’t currently being allowed to leave WH grounds. Protests currently outside White House, with chants of George Floyd. Brooklyn, Manhattan, Memphis, Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville, and Washington DC have all experienced mass convergences of people in public spaces. Protests are rocking the United States tonight. The White House is on lockdown as press is being told to stay inside. The Secret Service is pushing back protesters outside of the White House after demonstrators broke barricades. The Secret Service could be see pushing protesters back outside of the White House as demonstrators broke barricades, and the press has been kept inside for their own safety. Told by an administration official that the White House is on lockdown- Mario Parker May 29, 2020 One man was killed during the eruption of violence in Minneapolis, where the inciting incident occurred. This is the fourth night of protests that have seen the burning of a police precinct in Minneapolis, among other structures, looting of shops, destruction of vehicles, and numerous arrests. The White House is reportedly under lockdown tonight as protesters converged on Pennsylvania Avenue to express their outrage and frustration over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis this weekend.
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