Coronavirus

Majority of Americans are Scared of Contracting Covid-19

After leaving Walter Reed Medical Center yesterday, President Trump had a positive message for the American people after the first few days of his experience with Covid-19: “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.”

As survey data from YouGov shows though, the majority of American adults fear contracting Covid-19 to some degree - either "Very" or "Somewhat". This figure has been above fifty percent almost constantly since the end of March.

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This chart shows the share of U.S. adults that say they are scared to some degree of contracting Covid-19.

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Share of respondents who fear being infected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Great Britain as of April 2020
Percentage of adults in the United States who were very or somewhat worried about getting COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022
Percentage of respondents worldwide scared of contracting coronavirus (COVID-19) as of March 1, 2020, by country
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Percentage of U.S. adults who were worried about coronavirus (COVID-19) as of March 11, 2020, by gender
Proportion of adults in the U.S. who were concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak from January to October, 2020*

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