People want to get back to normal but worry about the consequences of doing so, a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds.
The new survey findings illustrate the nation's desire to get back to normal, balanced with the ongoing worries of the virus’s potential impact on vulnerable populations, including the elderly and people with compromised immune systems.
"Much of the public is sensibly both anxious and eager about returning to normal," Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, said in a statement. Nearly three-quarters of Republicans, compared to 56 percent of Democrats, said they were more concerned that continued restrictions would negatively impact youth. Those percentages remained roughly the same when it came to fears that mitigations were harming businesses.Covid cases in children continue to decline nationwide, but remain relatively high, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Monday.
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