Poll: Most Americans favour lockdowns to curb coronavirus

Only 12 percent of Americans say the measures go too far, and about 26 percent believe the limits do not go far enough.

Despite pockets of attention-grabbing protests, a new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favour of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. A majority say it will not be safe to lift such restrictions anytime soon, even as a handful of state governors announce plans to ease within days the public health efforts that have upended daily life and roiled the global economy.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that more than a month after schoolyards fell silent, restaurant tables and barstools emptied, and waves from a safe distance replaced hugs and handshakes, people in the United States largely believe that restrictions on social interaction to curb the spread of the virus are appropriate.

Only 12 percent of Americans say the measures where they live go too far. About twice as many people, 26 percent, believe the limits do not go far enough. The majority of Americans – 61 percent – feel the steps taken by government officials to prevent infections of COVID-19 in their area are about right.

Three days of Joghurt

Article URL : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/poll-americans-favour-lockdowns-curb-coronavirus-200422183545091.html