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COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey
Covid-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey Based on a survey of 20,000 worldwide conducted by the World Economic Forum, about three-quarters of people say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if one was available.  Among that 74 percent, 37 percent "strongly agree" that they will get a vaccine, while 37 percent somewhat agree.  In the United States, 67 percent of those polled would get an inoculation against COVID-19 if one were available. The most common concern amongst those who had trepidations about a vaccine were possible side effects.  Except for the U.S., all of the countries most willing to take a vaccine are t…
COVID-19: Poll Reveals Percentage Of NYers Who Are Comfortable Going To Restaurants, Bars, Gyms COVID-19: Poll Reveals Percentage Of NYers Who Are Comfortable Going To Restaurants, Bars, Gyms
Covid-19: Poll Reveals Percentage Of NYers Who Are Comfortable Going To Restaurants, Bars, Gyms New York residents are reluctant to return to several  indoor activities, including indoor dining and going to the gym, according to a brand-new poll. The Siena College Research Institute statewide poll was conducted Thursday, Aug. 20 through Thursday, Aug. 27 by random telephone calls to 343 adults via landline and cell phones and 402 responses drawn from a proprietary panel of New Yorkers. Majorities of those polled are not comfortable dining inside restaurants (58 percent), going to the gym (70 percent), theater (73 percent), bowling alley (65 percent) or bar (72 percent)…
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans 'Embarrassed' By Pandemic Response, New Poll Reveals COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans 'Embarrassed' By Pandemic Response, New Poll Reveals
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans 'Embarrassed' By Pandemic Response, New Poll Reveals More than half of Americans disapprove of the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak according to a new CNN poll, and a majority say they're "embarrassed" by the country's response.  CNN polled 1,108 individuals via telephone between Aug. 12 and Aug. 15. A disproportionate number of individuals living in 15 battleground states, 305, were included.  Thirty-one percent of those polled described themselves as Democrats, 27 percent identified as Republicans, and the rest were unaffiliated or a member of a third party. President Donald Trump could be doing more to c…
COVID-19: Here's How NYers Rate Cuomo's Pandemic Response COVID-19: Here's How NYers Rate Cuomo's Pandemic Response
Covid-19: Here's How NYers Rate Cuomo's Pandemic Response A large majority of registered voters in New York support the work Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been putting in during his deft handling of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new poll. A new Marist College survey of 718 adults between Monday, July 6, and Wednesday, July 8 found that 72 percent of respondents approve of how Cuomo has dealt with the pandemic. Of those polled, 24 percent said they disapprove and 4 percent were unsure. Democrats overwhelmingly supported Cuomo’s work during the pandemic with a 90 percent approval rating, while 53 percent of Republicans said they disapprov…
Vote Now: New Poll Says Most Think New Bail Reform Laws Are Bad For NY - What Do You Think? Vote Now: New Poll Says Most Think New Bail Reform Laws Are Bad For NY - What Do You Think?
Vote Now: New Poll Says Most Think New Bail Reform Laws Are Bad For NY - What Do You Think? New Yorkers have turned against the new bail reform laws that ended cash bail for all misdemeanor and non-violent felony offenders in New York, according to a new poll. As of Wednesday, Jan. 1, thousands of inmates throughout the state were put back on the streets due to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bail reform legislation, which marked the end of cash bail for misdemeanor and non-violent felony offenders that were previously incarcerated. The reform has come under fire from both the community, some law enforcement agencies, and elected officials, who believe that Cuomo should revisit the …
More Americans Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Marist Poll Finds More Americans Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Marist Poll Finds
More Americans Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Marist Poll Finds Nearly half of Americans believe that Christine Blasey Ford was telling the truth last week following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice, according to a new Marist College poll.    One in three residents, or 33 percent, told pollsters Kavanaugh was honest. Forty-five percent said they believe Ford and 22 percent were unsure how the felt, the poll found. “Twenty-seven years after the (Clarence) Thomas-(Anita) Hill controversy, Americans are reacting very differently to the Kavanaugh-Ford testimony,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, …