Poll: Vacations trump COVID worries

Our perception of personal risk has fallen to a point where travelers’ most common precaution is just to wash or sanitize their hands more frequently — and fewer than half even do that.

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The poll findings nonetheless suggest a third of Americans are very or somewhat familiar with “rebound” cases of COVID in people who’ve taken Pfizer’s antiviral treatment Paxlovid.

Less than half said they were concerned about the monkeypox outbreak, and 64% said they’re unlikely to get the monkeypox vaccine.

“We’re dealing with the scar tissue of the pandemic,” said Cliff Young, president of Ipsos U.S. Public Affairs. “Public opinion has been beaten down, and many people don’t know if it’s just easier to go on without taking extra precautions.”

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