Public support for prioritising COVID fight falls: survey

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Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, growing numbers of people in several Western countries value protecting the economy over fighting the virus, even if it leads to more COVID deaths, a poll showed Monday.

PARIS, France — The survey of 6,000 people living in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan showed the tide turning against COVID-related restrictions, Kekst CNC consultancy said.

Forty percent of Germans said the government’s priority should be to limit the spread of the virus, down from 49 percent five months ago.The shift was even more marked in Britain, where 42 percent want to prioritise the pandemic over the economy, a drop of 19 percentage points from May. France was the country with the lowest level of support for the fight against Covid-19, with 36 percent saying it should be the top priority, while the same proportion said the economy should come first.The report warned that the mood of national unity that prevailed in most countries at the start of the pandemic, when people gathered on their balconies at night to applaud health workers, had petered out.

The divisions appeared starkest in the US, where 58 percent of those polled said that they could actively avoid travel to parts of the country with low vaccine uptake.

 

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