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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of South 啵啵直播秀ns

The South 啵啵直播秀 COVID Impact Survey was conducted from April 12 to 25, 2021 by The South 啵啵直播秀 Polling Project, a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South 啵啵直播秀 State University. A total of 3,057 registered voters in South 啵啵直播秀 completed our survey about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their daily lives, alongside questions on political beliefs given the partisan polarization of the policy response to the pandemic. The margin of error of this survey was +/- 2 %, which is less than most state-wide polls.

Overall Impact of COVID-19

The survey that we conducted in October 2020 showed that the pandemic had a significant effect on the everyday lives of South 啵啵直播秀ns. Six months later, especially after the surge of COVID-19 cases in the fall and early winter, we can see a more complete picture of toll the pandemic has had on the state. The disease itself has touched almost everyone in the state in some way. Nearly 96% of our respondents reported that they knew someone who tested positive for coronavirus, while 72% indicated that a friend or acquaintance contracted it and 65% mentioned that a family member tested positive.

Bar chart showing percent of South 啵啵直播秀ns knowing someone who tested positive, 72 percent having a friend who tested positive, and 65 percent having a family member who tested positive.

South 啵啵直播秀ns were also very likely to know someone who became sick enough from COVID-19 that hospitalization was necessary. Of our 3,057 respondents, 56% knew someone that was hospitalized due to the coronavirus. More specifically, 45% of respondents had a friend hospitalized and 17% indicated that a family member was hospitalized due to COVID-19.

bar chart showing 56 percent of South 啵啵直播秀ns know someone who was hospitalized with COVID, 45% having a friend hospitalized, and 17% having a family member hospitalized.

Sadly, 38% of South 啵啵直播秀ns know someone who has died of COVID-19, 33% said that a friend passed away from the disease, and 7% had a COVID-related death in the family.

Bar chart showing 38 percent of South 啵啵直播秀ns knowing someone who died of COVID, 33 percent had a friend die, and 7 percent had a family member die.

The Use of Masks

The use of masks continues to be widespread, though we are seeing some important divisions in the population on their use. This division is largely defined by the vaccination status of our respondents. Our survey was launched just as the South 啵啵直播秀 Department of Health announced that 50% of the state鈥檚 population had been vaccinated, so our survey is representative of both the vaccinated and unvaccinated populations within the state. Those who received at least one dose of any of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized vaccines were far more likely to engage in any form of mitigation efforts than those who had not been vaccinated. As you can see in the graph below, 82% of those who were vaccinated reported wearing a mask 鈥渕ost鈥 or 鈥渁ll of the time鈥 when in public indoor spaces. Only 26% of those who were not vaccinated reported the same.

Pie chart showing differences in mask wearing in public indoor places in the last two weeks by vaccinated and unvaccinated people. 24 percent of unvaccinated never wore a mask, 29 percent rarely wore one, 21 percent sometimes wore one, 13 percent wore one most of the time, and 13 percent wore one all of the time. Amongst vaccinated respondents, 58 percent wore one all of the time, 24 percent most of the time, 10 percent some of the time, 6 percent rarely, and 2 percent never.

Avoidance of Large Groups

Similarly, we observed a large difference in the avoidance of large groups between the vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, though it is not nearly as stark. While 11% of the vaccinated population reported being in a large non-distanced group in the past two weeks 鈥渇requently鈥 or 鈥渧ery frequently,鈥 46% of the unvaccinated respondents reported the same. Between the behaviors of wearing a mask and the avoidance of groups, it is clear that our attitudes and behaviors in reaction to the pandemic are largely conditioned on perception of the danger COVID-19 poses and most profoundly structured by partisanship. We will show these partisan results in future releases.

Pie chart showing differences between the vaccinated and unvaccinated in going into large, non-distanced gatherings in the last two weeks. The unvaccinated reported 20% doing so very frequently, 26% frequently, 27% sometimes, 19% rarely, 9% never. The vaccinated reported 4% going into large gatherings very frequently, 7% frequently, 21% sometimes, 37% rarely, and 30% never.
Pie chart showing differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated on concern about contraction of COVID. 43% of unvaccinated are not at all concerned, 36% not very concerned, 16% somewhat concerned, 4% very concerned, and 1% extremely concerned. Amongst the vaccinated, 9% are not at all concerned, 29% not very concerned, 38% somewhat concerned, 17% very concerned and 6% extremely concerned.

In general, our findings show that those South 啵啵直播秀ns who were deeply concerned about getting COVID-19 got the vaccine as soon as they could. Though they have been inoculated, they continue to show some concern about contracting the virus. Those who were unconcerned about catching the disease simply are less likely to seek out the vaccine in the first instance and remain unconcerned.

Support for Vaccination Passport

Some nations like Israel have implemented a registration system allowing the vaccinated to move more freely about the country and frequent public social spaces like restaurant, bars, theaters, and the like. However, the idea of a vaccination passport has been a politically polarizing issue in the United States. We found a similar pattern within South 啵啵直播秀. While it is clear that those who have not been vaccinated would be naturally opposed to implementing a system that imposes more restrictions on themselves, we do see a fairly large degree of partisan polarization on this question. About 71% of self-identified Democrats in South 啵啵直播秀 are 鈥渟omewhat鈥 or 鈥渧ery supportive鈥 of such a system. Coincidentally, 71% of Republicans are 鈥渟omewhat鈥 or 鈥渟trongly opposed鈥. The partisan divide over vaccination passports follows a well-established pattern of political polarization in nearly every COVID-related policy question.

Pie charts showing the partisan differences on vaccine passports. Amongst Democrats, 46% are very supportive, 25% are somewhat supportive, 16% are neutral, 3% somewhat opposed, 5% strongly opposed, and 5% have never heard of vaccine passports. Amongst Republicans, 6% are very supportive, 8% are somewhat supportive, 10% are neutral, 10% somewhat opposed, 61% strongly opposed, and 5% have never heard of vaccine passports.

Public health officials who are trying to encourage as many people to get vaccinated as possible, are seeing some serious challenges emerging. South 啵啵直播秀 was very successful in the early phases of the vaccine rollout, consistently staying ahead of the national vaccination rate. However, in recent weeks, vaccinations have slowed. The challenge for health officials has been to convince unvaccinated folks to 鈥済et the jab鈥 in order to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention targets necessary for 鈥渉erd immunity.鈥 Tomorrow, we will delve into the so-called 鈥渧accination hesitancy鈥 and explore the role of messengers in reducing people鈥檚 hesitance.

Contributors: Filip Viskupic Ph.D., David Wiltse Ph.D. and Brittney Meyer PharmD