AP-NORC poll: Over the last six weeks, Americans have grown more and more concerned about themselves or a family member being infected with COVID-19. Now, 50% are very concerned, up from 31% two weeks ago and 22% six weeks ago. Read more:
— Across party lines, overwhelming shares of Americans favor a number of actions aimed at limiting the spread of the outbreak, including restricting travel into the U.S. for people from other countries , requiring American citizens returning to the U.S. from other countries to quarantine themselves for 14 days , closing schools and requiring Americans to limit gatherings to fewer than 10 people .
— A slightly smaller share, 78%, support requiring Americans to stay in their homes. Roughly three-quarters also favor restricting travel within the U.S., requiring Americans to postpone non-essential medical treatment and requiring bars and restaurants to close. — Sixty-one percent of Americans say they support postponing elections scheduled to take place in the next two months — a view held consistently by both Democrats and Republicans.
— Americans in states that had stay-at-home orders in place when the survey began are more likely than those in states that did not to approve of their state’s response, 63% to 51%. — Americans are skeptical that their area hospitals are prepared to handle the outbreak. Just 15% of Americans overall say hospitals are very or extremely prepared; 38% say they are not very or not at all prepared. About half of Democrats, but just about 2 in 10 Republicans, think their area hospitals are not prepared to handle the outbreak.
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