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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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dalton99a
(81,432 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,922 posts)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.
Cha
(297,101 posts)stay alive.