As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise and schools, workplaces and public gathering spaces across the United States remain closed, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the coronavirus outbreak is having profound impacts on the personal lives of Americans in a variety of ways. Nearly nine-in-ten U.S. adults say their life has changed at least a little as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, including 44% who say their life has changed in a major way.
Amid widespread calls from experts for Americans to socially distance from one another to avoid spreading the virus, what recently seemed like mundane daily activities now elicit concerns from large swaths of the population.
How are people adapting their behavior in light of the outbreak? Four-in-ten working-age adults ages 18 to 64 report having worked from home because of coronavirus concerns – a figure that rises to a majority among working-age adults with college degrees and upper-income earners.
The virus also has impacted Americans’ religious behaviors. More than half of all U.S. adults (55%) say they have prayed for an end to the spread of coronavirus. Large majorities of Americans who pray daily (86%) and of U.S. Christians (73%) have taken to prayer during the outbreak – but so have some who say they seldom or never pray and people who say they do not belong to any religion.
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Yes, finely got parents to make a will, write out their funeral plans and compose a short obituary for the paper. They have been avoiding this for years and now with this they realized it is necessary.
ReplyDeleteThey are 60 and 61, so they are right in the dangerous age group and very old.
Lisa,
DeleteI'm 63 and run ultra marathons, and
hit the gym regularly before the Democrats released this Virus on us
So, your value of age is very immature
Well duhhhh
ReplyDeleteLike 8:20 said...Duhhh!
ReplyDeleteIt may bring back the sears catalog though.
67 and sitting at home rationing my food for the long haul. Good news, I'm finally losing a few pounds.
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ReplyDeleteIt is culture and their way of life, not stupidity. They have a billion plus people that they can't feed through farming. Eating other critters keeps them from starving. Those critters can be caught and sold to people who would otherwise not be able to afford real, safe, farmed and processed food. And populations with over a billion people do not view a mass loss of people any big thing. Their view is they have a lot of people. Losing a small percentage to disease is not of grave concern to them. Don't expect them to change over the coronavirus. SARS didn't change their behavior at all, except to make them all wear face masks. Don't expect any change now.
Just getting started !!! Alot more to come from China !!!
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