Americans were about equally positive and negative in their evaluations.There have been only two other times since the pandemic began that Americans were as pessimistic about the coronavirus situation as they are now: July 2020 and November 2020.Line graph.
Trend in Americans' assessments of the U.S. coronavirus situation. In the most recent survey, from August 2021, 68% of U.S. adults said the coronavirus situation was getting worse, 17% said it was staying the same and 15% said it was getting better.
The current assessment is among the most negative to date. Americans have been much more optimistic than pessimistic for most of 2021.The Aug.