Despite all the grumbling at the time, most Americans now look back upon pandemic-era policies as a good idea, a new poll shows. A majority of Americans see four key pandemic policies as "generally a good idea" in retrospect: However, views varied across policies, the poll found. Only 42% of Americans say all four policies a good idea, and another 37% say only some were a good idea.
But only 20% say all those policies were "generally a bad idea," results show. "Public health professionals need to know that these vital protections are still available in their toolboxes," said Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, which co-sponsored the survey with the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health. "Understanding what drives resistance for some people can help inform the best ways to use and communicate about these policies should we need to call on them in the future," Castrucci added. As might be expected, politics is a powerful factor when it comes to reflecting on pandemic-era politics.
About 71% of Democrats say all four policies were a good idea, compared with 44% of Independents and 18% of Republicans, poll results show. Likewise, 55% of people living in urban areas approved all four policies, compared with 39% of suburbanites and 29% of rural dwellers. However, within these groups some policies were popular.
For example, 62% of Republicans said at least one of the four was a good idea, as did 70% of people in rural areas. People who said key poli.
