Polls show Americans want the virus contained more than they want to reopen the economy

[SoonerPride]

Recent polling suggests Americans are heeding the advice of health officials and do not want a quick return to normalcy, despite skyrocketing unemployment because of the virus and President Trump’s cheerleading to reopen the economy.

Mr. Trump said this week that he was eager “to get our country open again,” adding, “People want to go back, and you’re going to have a problem if you don’t do it.”

But more than two-thirds of respondents said in a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday that they were more concerned that state governments would reopen their economies too quickly than that they might take too long — roughly on par with past responses to the same question.

And in a survey released late last month by The Associated Press and NORC, 68 percent of Americans said they had a great deal of trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide them with reliable information about the pandemic. That’s three times as much as the dismal 23 percent who said they definitely trusted Mr. Trump’s statements on the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/coronavirus-updates.html?referringSource=articleShare

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, loose NPI didn't help Sweden's economy ONE BIT !! (link)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213408059

[SoonerPride]

2. Yes. This is most telling, isn't it?

The public seems way ahead of the governments on what is important.

[uponit7771]

3. +1, the guy on CNBC (Steve someone) just said the exact same thing; the companies closed before

... the government mandates and people are going to go before the mandates are loosing so we might be at the top of what we're going to be at economically now.

The official U6 rate is at 23%, I don't see people rushing out to get sick for Trump

[SoonerPride]

4. Even if his entire base of 35% rushes out daily to spend every cent they have.

And the rest of his haters stay prudent and safe, welcome to the Trump Depression.

#TrumpDepression needs to trend on Twitter

[uponit7771]

5. +1, we need to make sure that Trump owns all of this

[shockey80]

6. People are funny that way, they don't want to die.

They don't want to be murdered.

[Corgigal]

7. Yo small business

while we wish you well, we older people are going to be staying home. Yes, it’s our income you want, but if the biology isnt treated , then we will follow the science.

[Baclava]

8. Biology First! I'm making signs