Mask wearing plummets—especially among the unvaccinated—but the delta variant creates growing anxiety about Covid-19
A woman walks through Bryant Park in New York City on May 14.The Gallup poll, conducted June 14-20 among 4,843 U.S. adults, found only 18% are still completely or mostly isolated from non-household members—a record low during the pandemic, and down from 38% in March—while 47% are now making no attempt to isolate themselves.
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed their guidelines on mask wearing for the fully vaccinated, the share of fully vaccinated Americans who reported wearing masks plunged from 90% in May to 77% in June.
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