Available survey data confirm that public health messaging associated with the COVID-19 virus is getting through. Americans are paying attention, and the public is generally taking the actions recommended by authorities.Gallup data show that 93% of Americans are following the COVID-19 crisis very or somewhat closely, including 66% who are following it very closely.
The level of close attention being paid to the virus is second highest on the list of 230 news stories Gallup has tested since 1991, behind only 9/11.As I previously discussed, other polls show similarly high levels of attention being paid, including the fact that 99% of Americans (in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey) said they had read, seen or heard about the virus.New