{"id":1288356,"date":"2022-02-10T12:37:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1288356"},"modified":"2022-02-10T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T17:37:50","slug":"poll-plurality-say-worst-of-the-pandemic-is-behind-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-plurality-say-worst-of-the-pandemic-is-behind-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Plurality Say Worst of the Pandemic Is Behind Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-plurality-say-worst-of-the-pandemic-is-behind-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1288356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/People-Throwing-Their-Face-Maska-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A plurality of Americans believe the worst of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is behind us, a <em>The Economist<\/em>\/YouGov survey released this week found.<\/p>\n<p>The survey <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/i8sxn720xf\/econToplines.pdf\">asked<\/a> respondents to gauge where they believe the United States is in terms of the pandemic, two years in.&nbsp;A plurality, 44 percent, expressed the belief that the \u201cworst part of the pandemic is behind us,\u201d followed by 22 percent who are unsure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Seventeen percent believe the pandemic is \u201cgoing to get worse,\u201d while 16 percent believe the U.S. is \u201ccurrently in the worst part of the pandemic.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The survey, taken February 5-8, 2022, among 1,500 U.S. adults, has a margin of error of +\/- 2.9 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those opinions coincide with the sudden urge of blue state leaders to lift certain restrictions in their respective states. Gov. John Carney (D) of President Biden\u2019s Delaware, for instance, announced this week the end of the state\u2019s indoor mask mandate as of Friday. The state\u2019s school mask mandate, however, will stay in place until March. Similarly, other blue state leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/08\/connecticut-gov-ned-lamont-eliminating-school-mask-mandate-february-28\/\">including<\/a> Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D), New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), have this week announced the rolling back of certain mask restrictions, even as federal health officials seemingly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/white-house-coronavirus-team-refuses-to-budge-most-of-the-country-still-needs-to-wear-masks\/\">remain<\/a> hesitant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/white-house-coronavirus-team-refuses-to-budge-most-of-the-country-still-needs-to-wear-masks\/\">stated<\/a> that they \u201ccontinue to recommend masking in areas of high and substantial transmission\u201d which is \u201cmost of the country right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Dr. Anthony Fauci, too, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/fauci-u-s-is-heading-out-of-full-blown-pandemic-phase-hopes-mandates-end-soon\/\">expressed<\/a> the belief that the U.S. is exiting the \u201cfull-blown\u201d pandemic phase, despite stating last month that we were still in the&nbsp;first of four stages of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Red state leaders are skeptical of the left\u2019s newfound \u201cepiphany\u201d of lifting coronavirus restrictions, emphasizing that the science has not changed \u201cone iota.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you start to see them kind of reevaluate or say all this, just understand this. The science didn\u2019t change. The medical science didn\u2019t change. The political science changed. They feel the heat,\u201d Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who has maintained a strong anti-lockdown, pro-liberty stance in his state throughout the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/desantis-rips-blue-state-governors-science-didnt-change-the-political-science-changed\/\">said<\/a> during a press conference this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know that voters have been tired of perpetual lockdown policies. They know that they have basically offered no offramp and they know that they\u2019re fixing to be whooped at the polls, so that\u2019s causing the epiphany,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/tom-cotton-blasts-democrat-hypocrisy-on-masks-the-science-hasnt-changed-theres-an-election-coming\/\">made<\/a> a similar observation on Wednesday during a speech on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I hear the phrase, \u2018the science changed.\u2019 The science hasn\u2019t changed. What\u2019s changed is that there\u2019s an election coming, and Democrats have seen the polling on this question,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow they are running scared and they want to pretend that they didn\u2019t force your kid to wear a mask for two years. You see it in states that are run entirely by Democrats \u2014 California, New Jersey, New York. The president\u2019s own Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plurality of Americans believe the worst of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is behind us, a The Economist\/YouGov survey released this week found. 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