LAST UPDATE: JAN. 26, 2022
The Return to Normal: Views on the Pandemic
This tracker is part of a series from Morning Consult gauging when consumers will return to normal activities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more and sign-up for alerts.
Morning Consult is closely tracking the public’s attitudes on vaccines, social distancing, comfort, political and institutional leadership in handling the coronavirus, the economic cost and more.
KEY TRENDS
Falling Support for Vaccine Requirements From Employers, Businesses: Public support for COVID-19 vaccine mandates from employers and businesses has ticked down in the past two weeks, with just over 1 in 2 adults now backing such requirements.
Public Just as Concerned About Delta as Omicron: Adults are equally likely to say they are concerned about the delta and omicron variants, despite omicron’s dominance in the United States. Vaccinated adults are more than 20 percentage points likelier than those who are unvaccinated to say they’re worried about either variant.
3 in 10 View Coronavirus as a Severe Risk Locally: The share of adults who say COVID-19 is a severe local health risk fell to 31% amid a 6-point drop among Democrats, 40% of whom now say COVID-19 is a severe risk locally.
Tracking the Return to Normal
When will things return to normal and what will our new normal look like? It’s a question that business, economic and government leaders are grappling with as more and more Americans receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
To help answer this complicated question, Morning Consult is tracking how consumer attitudes are shifting across a wide range of categories, from travel to entertainment to dining, to gain greater insight into not only when consumers will be ready to return to their normal activities, but how their habits will be forever changed. We’ll be updating these pages every week with new data and analyses. Sign-up for alerts below.