Keckley Report April 6, 2020
The compounding effect of the coronavirus and economic recession will have a profound impact on how American’s think and behave.
In the past week, at least 30 national polls have reported on the public’s views about the coronavirus and its relationship to the economy. I reviewed most of these, including a few summarized in the Fact File below. Here’s what I found:
A substantial majority of the public believes that:
The coronavirus poses a serious health personal threat and the economic downturn is a direct result of its impact on jobs and businesses.
Public health officials and health providers are better sources of information about the coronavirus than elected officials.
Hospitals are capable...