Polls continue to show white people are far less likely to take #COVID precautions.
% who have changed behavior due to news of increases of COVID (inc. wearing a mask or avoiding high risk spaces):
Black 59%
Hispanic 52%
White 29%
Source: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-september-2023/
COVID impacts Black and Brown communities the hardest.
Communities of color are far more likely to take COVID precautions such as wearing a mask or avoiding high risk spaces.
If you care about racial justice, you should be continuing to take actions to mitigate COVID spread.
Overall, 4 in 10 people in the US have taken recent precautions (inc. masking or avoiding spaces) because of increases of COVID-19.
Imagine how many more would if instead of minimizing, the government told them it was important to continue precautions.
https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-september-2023/
@luckytran The government has lost its authority and has in fact acquired a kind of "anti-athority" where people upset with past actions by the government will go out of their way to defy and distort government messaging. Anyone who would listen to a CDC message about additional precautions is likely already on your 40%. Why set off the starting gun of anti-government rhetoric for a small number of people who might listen to more than what is already being said?
I promise you there are a lot of smart well informed people in the Biden administration and they know that they are doing playing this low key. It is not just political, it is valid social science. When the government faces a hostile lack of authority, the worst thing to do is press that authority and loose.
@pixplz Yes, the federal government up to and including the president seems to have acquired a well-deserved reputation for false, misleading, incomplete or exaggerated information when it comes to public health. As I pointed out in my post a lot of people have lost any trust in what the government tells them. It is why I think that the assertion of @luckytran that having the government say it is important to continue precautions would have minimal beneficial effect, but could kick off a lot of political backlash that would not help anyone.
