As states start to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, POLITICO polled Americans to find out which activities they find risky — and asked experts, too
Our expert panel was united on this scenario — going to a baseball stadium is a bad idea. Crowds, tight spaces and lines at concession stands do not mix well with social distancing. “It’s really hard to maintain a six-foot distance when you’re walking to your seat,” Stuart said.
While everyone rated this as the most dangerous scenario on our list, Republicans rated it less risky than Democrats and our expert panel did.Morning Consult polled 1,986 registered U.S. voters between May 22-26. For each of the activities above, poll respondents were given the following prompt: “As the U.S. begins to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, please rate the riskiness of each activity to the average person’s health, with 1 meaning there’s no risk at all, 5 meaning there’s a moderate amount of risk, and 10 meaning there’s a great deal of risk.”
For questions involving masks, half of those surveyed received questions specifying masks would be worn, while the other half had questions specifying masks wouldn’t be worn. Thank you to the following people for participating in our experts' survey. Savannah Brenneke,professor of epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healthpostdoctoral fellow, Kennedy Krieger InstituteAssociate Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical GroupPh.D.
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