Thread by @TheValuesVoter

A lot of really interesting insights on attitudes toward COVID is in the Ipsos COVID survey.
ipsos.com/en-us/news-pol…

ipsos.com/sites/default/…

According to this poll, here is the percentage of respondents of each group that claims to be unvaccinated:

By Race:
Blacks - 37%
Whites - 26%
Hispanics - 26%
Other - 21%

By Party:
Republicans - 36%
Independents - 29%
Democrats - 15%

Percentage of respondents of each group that claims to be unvaccinated (continued):

By Educational Attainment:
High School or Less - 37%
Some College - 28%
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher - 14%

% who are NOT concerned about COVID:

Everyone - 30%

By race:
Whites - 36%
Hispanics - 24%
Other - 22%
Blacks - 14%

By party:
Republicans: 41%
Independents: 30%
Democrats: 10%

% who are NOT concerned about COVID, by race and vaccination status:

White/Unvaccinated - 64%
Other/Unvaccinated - 46%
Hispanic/Unvaccinated - 41%
White/Vaccinated - 25%
Black/Unvaccinated - 22%
Hispanic/Vaccinated - 18%
Other/Vaccinated - 16%
Black/Vaccinated - 10%

% who are NOT concerned about COVID, by vaccination status:

Unvaccinated - 52%
Vaccinated - 22%

% who are NOT concerned about COVID, by party and vaccination status:

Republican/Unvaccinated - 67%
Independent/Unvaccinated - 53%
Republican/Vaccinated - 43%
Independent/Vaccinated - 22%
Democrat/Unvaccinated - 20%
Democrat/Vaccinated - 8%

% of respondents from each group who say they don’t wear masks when they leave home:

By vaccination status:
Unvaccinated - 51%
Vaccinated - 28%

% of respondents who say they don’t wear masks when they leave home:

By race/vax status
White/Unvaccinated: 66%
Other/Unvaccinated: 42%
White/Vaccinated: 36%
Hispanic/Unvaccinated: 31%
Black/Unvaccinated: 19%
Other/Unvaccinated: 19%
Hispanic/Vaccinated: 17%
Black/Vaccinated: 10%

% of respondents of each group who do NOT trust the Federal Government for accurate COVID information:

Everyone: 50%

By race:
Whites - 55%
Blacks - 42%
Hispanics - 42%
Other - 41%

% who do NOT trust the Federal Government for COVID info:

By race/vaccination status:

White/Unvaccinated: 85%
Other/Unvaccinated: 72%
Hispanic/Unvaccinated:68%
Black/Unvaccinated: 61%
White/Vaccinated: 44%
Hispanic/Vaccinated: 33%
Other/Vaccinated: 33%
Black/Vaccinated: 30%

% who do NOT trust the Federal Government for COVID info:

By party:
Republicans: 75%
Independents: 54%
Democrats: 23%

% who do NOT trust the Federal Government for COVID info:

By party/vaccination status:
Republican/Unvaccinated: 89%
Independent/Unvaccinated: 79%
Republican/Vaccinated: 68%
Democrat/Unvaccinated: 48%
Independent/Vaccinated: 43%
Democrat/Vaccinated: 18%

The main problem with the politicization of this virus is that real people are dying. And you can see the bodies littered along the political map, consistent with what the surveys tell us about the attitudes of the various constituent groups.

https://twitter.com/TheValuesVoter/status/1473417732091785217

It’s true that, statistically speaking, people who get COVID won’t die (although many very well may have other long-term consequences).

But it’s also true that MANY have died and will die. Needlessly. And that most of them are unvaccinated and otherwise don’t take it seriously.

What’s weird is that, from this survey, it seems that whites, especially Republicans, are a lot less worried about COVID and maybe thus are not getting vaccinated.

On the other hand, blacks ARE worried about it. But despite this, include many who will not get vaccinated.