A total of 58% of Americans said they will continue to wear a mask in public once their community removes mask mandates, according to a new poll by The Economist/YouGov.
The poll found that 28% said they would not continue wearing a mask, and 13% were not certain.
Here are how the poll results broke down:
- 32% said they believe it was safe to resume normal activities. Another 27% said it will be safe after 2022; 18% said it will be safe in the second half of 2022; 14% it will never be safe; and 9% said it will be safe in the first half of 2022.
- 77% said they were ready to return to normal from the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 23% who said they were not.
- 49% said they disapprove of President Joe Biden's handling of COVID-19, compared to 40% who approved.
- 46% said schools should not be allowed to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for students, while 37% believed they should be allowed.
- 64% said they believe there shouldn't be any COVID-19 restrictions in their community, compared to 26% who believe there should be.
The poll, conducted Feb. 12-15, surveyed 1,500 people in the U.S. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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