Nearly half of Americans, 47 percent, rate their risk of getting sick from the coronavirus as moderate or high, up 18 percentage points from late June. This follows a more than tenfold increase in daily infections. Concerns over catching the virus among partially or fully vaccinated adults have risen from 32 percent to 52 percent, while concern among unvaccinated adults has grown from 22 percent to 35 percent over the same period…

President Biden’s approval rating for handling the pandemic has dropped to 52 percent from 62 percent in late June, days before he said the nation was “closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus.” At the time and as the variant has spread, he has repeatedly implored Americans to get vaccinated and wear masks.

Biden’s overall approval rating fell from 50 percent to 44 percent from June, also dragged down by 2-to-1 disapproval for his handling of Afghanistan following a chaotic withdrawal. Biden’s ratings for handling the economy also have declined, from 52 percent positive in April to 45 percent in the latest survey.