In May, a majority of Americans said for the first time that the better advice for healthy people is to lead their normal lives as much as possible to avoid interruptions to work and business rather than staying home to avoid contracting or spreading COVID-19.
That majority has grown from 56% to 65% in June. Currently, 35% of Americans think it is better to stay home, roughly half of what it was in late December/early January.Line graph.
Trend from March 2020 to June 2021 in Americans' view that the better advice for healthy people during the pandemic is to stay home as much as possible to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus, rather than to lead their normal lives as much as possible.