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A clear majority of the American public, including self-identified Republicans, do not believe the disinformation that President Donald Trump keeps pushing around the spread of coronavirus. And even members of the presidents own party are skeptical of his argument that getting the country back to work needs to be as prioritized as public safety measures.
A new survey conducted by Ipsos exclusively for The Daily Beast provides some of the clearest evidence to date that the presidents attempts to paint a rosy picture about the coronavirus spread throughout the country are not resonating beyond a small segment of the populace with a small exception for those who say theyre getting their information from Fox News.
A full 73 percent of respondents, including 75 percent of Republicans, said that it was not true that anyone who wants to get tested [for the virus] can get tested. Just 17 percent said it was true.
Only 20 percent of the public, and just 25 percent of Republicans, said that they believed a vaccine will be available soon. Forty-two percent said that was false and 38 percent said they did not know.
Fifty-one percent of respondents, including a plurality or Republicans (46 percent), said it was false that the virus would go away on its own in warm weather, while just 13 percent said that was true.
And 61 percent of respondents said that they believed COVID-19 was more deadly than the flu; with 22 percent saying it was about the same and 11 percent saying they believed it was less deadly.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-coronavirus-disinformation-campaign-isnt-working-poll-says
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)RDANGELO
(3,430 posts)He is the president, and people want him to succeed. Lets see what happens when this thing reaches it's peak and there aren't enough ventilators.
Indykatie
(3,691 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
UpInArms
(51,252 posts)As they become more mortal
underpants
(182,279 posts)UpInArms
(51,252 posts)😘
hatrack
(59,441 posts)When confronted with the possibility of imminent, painful death for themselves or family members, a majority of Americans are suddenly capable of discerning blatant soothing lies from painful reality.
Imagine that.