A new Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos poll finds that while the
majority of Americans say the Coronavirus pandemic is a natural
disaster, about 3 in 10 Americans blame China or Chinese people for the
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1. A majority of Americans (56%) believe the coronavirus pandemic is a natural disaster:
Republicans
(60%), retirees (51%), and those without a college education (48%) are
most likely to believe that specific people or organizations are
responsible for the coronavirus pandemic.
Asians are the
race/ethnicity most likely to say the coronavirus pandemic is a natural
disaster rather than caused by a specific people or organization; 79%
compared to 55% of African American and White and 51% of Hispanic
respondents.
2. Among the 44% who say a specific group or
organization is responsible, most blame China or Chinese people; 66%
mentioned China. More specifically, 45% mentioned China or Chinese
people generally, 13% say it was caused by a lab in China, and 9% blame
the Chinese government.
12% of respondents mentioned the US
government, the government in general, or the government of a country
other than China as the cause of the coronavirus pandemic.
About 3% of respondents said they thought the coronavirus pandemic was part of a viral/biological war or attack.
7% blame Animal/wet markets and 7% blame carelessness in general.
3. One-third have witnessed someone blaming Asian people for the coronavirus epidemic (32%).
Significantly
more Asians (60%), Hispanics (48%), and African Americans (43%) have
witnessed someone blaming Asian people compared to White respondents
(27%).
Democrats are also significantly more likely to admit to
having witnessed someone blaming Asian people for the coronavirus
compared to Republicans (41% and 24% respectively).
4. Respondents
are most concerned about proximity to others that are sneezing,
coughing, or looks tired or sick; 91% said they would be concerned about
coming in close contact with someone out in public who was coughing or
sneezing and 81% said they would be concerned about coming in close
contact with someone who looked sick or tired. A large number of
respondents are also concerned about coming in close contact with
someone who is not using protective gear, such as a face mask or gloves
(70%).
These worries are equally shared across racial/ethnicity
groups, however, Democrats are more likely to be worried about coming in
close contact with someone one who is coughing or sneezing (94%), looks
sick (85%), or is not using protective gear (79%) compared to
Republicans (91%, 81%, and 60% respectively).
About half of
respondents said they would be concerned about coming in close contact
in public with someone who is elderly (56%).
5. Far fewer respondents
say they would be concerned about coming in close contact with someone
of Asian ancestry in public (24%), although, worry increases if that
person is not using protective gear (46%).
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