{"id":1728564,"date":"2022-11-07T16:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728564"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:02:45","slug":"most-democrats-still-dont-think-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-democrats-still-dont-think-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Democrats STILL Don\u2019t Think The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over"},"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%2Fmost-democrats-still-dont-think-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-over%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=1728564&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--><p>You still see them regularly: People wearing masks while alone in their cars, or riding their bikes, or taking a stroll in the woods.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently they napped through the high school lessons on parts per million \u2014 catching the virus outside is all but impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Yet still, there they are. The establishment media in America spent two years terrifying these people with breathless reports that we were all about to die. Once they committed, they\u2019re in it for the long game and may never take off the masks.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake: COVID is still out there, and along with the flu, will be a threat to your health this winter. The virus has weakened but can still cause serious symptoms, so we want to say here that it\u2019s not a terrible idea to don a mask when in a crowded place like a subway car or a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>That said, most Americans are just done with the whole mess, saying the pandemic is most definitely waning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is bipartisan, majority-level agreement that the coronavirus situation is getting better, with 76% of Republicans and 61% of Democrats saying so,\u201d a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/404696\/pandemic-outlook-recovers-leaders-messaging-falters.aspx?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=o_social&#038;utm_term=gallupnews&#038;utm_content=60bb079a-4165-45ca-8ff2-cae3176f7d95\">Gallup poll<\/a> found. \u201cIndependents also broadly agree that the situation is improving (62%). All three groups have roughly returned to the levels last seen in February and April after cases were down from the January surge in infections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s the overall. When the poll is broken down by party, it gets weird.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans in all party groups have become more likely to say the pandemic is over since July, including increases of 12 points among Republicans, 14 points among Democrats and 10 points among independents,\u201d Gallup found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, Republicans are the only party with a majority saying the pandemic is over. Republicans are more than three times as likely as Democrats to say this, at 73% vs. 21%, while 48% of independents agree. Despite the fact that Biden has said he believes the pandemic is over, a majority of his party\u2019s faithful, 79%, do not concur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right \u2014 in July, just 7% of Democrats thought the pandemic was \u201cover.\u201d And that number is still just 21% in November, even though President Joe Biden made a major declaration a couple months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic is over,\u201d Biden said in a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-shocks-white-house-by-declaring-pandemic-is-over-while-hundreds-of-americans-die-every-day\">interview<\/a> that aired September 18. \u201cWe still have a problem with COVID. We\u2019re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That confident assertion didn\u2019t last long. The scaremongers in the White House, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the resident Debbie Downer, immediately walked back the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not where we need to be if we are going to quote \u2018live with the virus,&#8217;\u201d Fauci, Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser, said the following day. \u201cWe still must be aware of how unusual this virus is and continues to be in its ability to evolve into new variants which defy the standard public health mechanisms of addressing an outbreak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With all the fumfering from the White House, Americans\u2019 confidence in the president and the top federal health agency has plunged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne in three U.S. adults think President Joe Biden has communicated a clear plan in response to COVID-19. This marks an eight-point decline from the last reading in late 2021 and is the lowest on record for Biden,\u201d Gallup found. \u201cA similar 30% of Americans currently agree that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has communicated a clear plan, which is also an eight-point decline from the prior reading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So bottom line, Republicans mostly think the pandemic is over, but only 1 in 5 Democrats think so.<\/p>\n<p>Look for a plethora of stories this winter on COVID cases rising \u2014 they will, of course \u2014 and watch out for Democrats demanding a whole new round of mandatory masks and lockdowns. For most of them, the pandemic will <em>never<\/em> be over.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You still see them regularly: People wearing masks while alone in their cars, or riding their bikes, or taking a stroll in the woods. Apparently they napped through the high school lessons on parts per million \u2014 catching the virus outside is all but impossible. Yet still, there they are. 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