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BREAKING: 57% of Americans say it’s more important to try to control the spread of COVID-19 than to try to restart the economy, new ABC News/WaPo poll finds.

The statement comes as a new confirmed case from a packed Memorial Day party is raising alarms., a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds nearly 6 in 10 people are unready to resume their pre-pandemic activities, underscoring continued public unease as the nation seeks a return to normalcy.

Further demonstrating the extent of the pandemic, 42% of Americans now know someone personally who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, up nearly fourfold from 11% in late March. That rises to 54% among blacks and the same among those in the Northeast. It also peaks among higher-income and more-educated adults, possibly reflecting disparities in health care access.

Job losses and furloughs peak in economically vulnerable groups, including 41% among women without college degrees, 36% among people with household incomes less than $50,000 a year and 32% among racial and ethnic minorities. Those compare with 2 in 10 whites, 17% of people earning $50,000 or more and 16% of college graduates.

The Fremont Street Experience Viva Vision canopy attraction displays a countdown leading up to the June 4 reopening of hotel-casinos, which have been closed since March 17 due to the statewide shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic on May 29, 2020, in Las Vegas.Americans give far higher marks to their state's governor's handling of the outbreak -- 66% approve -- than to President Donald Trump's .

Similarly, 77% of both blacks and Hispanics put a higher priority on stopping the spread of the virus; that drops to 49% of whites. Priority on stopping the spread also is higher among lower-income Americans, and it's 66% among women versus 48% among men. It's also vastly higher, naturally, among people who are more worried about catching the disease and about a second wave.

A sign asking guests to practice social distancing is posted outside a locker area at Cowabunga Bay Water Park, which was allowed to open for the first time this weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic on May 30, 2020 in Henderson, Nev.Partisanship even relates to degrees of life disruption. Sixty percent of Democrats say their lives have been disrupted"a lot" by the pandemic, compared with 47% of independents and 39% of Republicans.

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