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applegrove

(118,598 posts)
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:06 PM Apr 2020

More Americans Concerned About Health Than Economy

More Americans Concerned About Health Than Economy

April 19, 2020 at 9:17 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/19/most-americans-more-concerned-about-health-than-economy/

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A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds 59% of American voters say they are more concerned that a relaxation of stay-at-home restrictions would lead to more COVID-19 deaths than they are that those restrictions will hurt the U.S. economy.

“But while strong majorities of Democrats and independents are more worried about the coronavirus than the economy, Republicans are divided on the question, with almost half of them more concerned about how the restrictions could affect the economy.”

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More Americans Concerned About Health Than Economy (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2020 OP
It's kinda hard to be rich when you're dead dalton99a Apr 2020 #1
It's hard to be anything when you are dead. Doreen Apr 2020 #4
Repugs lack foresight Cirque du So-What Apr 2020 #2
Yeah, 'cause main thing is Cha Apr 2020 #3

Cirque du So-What

(25,922 posts)
2. Repugs lack foresight
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:24 PM
Apr 2020

They may recognize the danger, but they can't envision anything bad happening to them. As long as it's 'the other' who pays the price, they're willing to risk the lives of others. Acceptable risk, yunno.

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