64% of respondents said that opening the country now isn’t worth risking lives.
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in many areas, a majority of Americans say the trade-offs involved in reopening the country right now aren’t worth risking lives, according to a new poll — and there are stark divides in opinion along political and demographic lines.
The most recent wave of the ABC News/Ipsos poll, which surveyed 532 U.S. adults, was conducted May 6 to May 7. It was the latest poll to suggest that many Americans are wary of reopening the economy too soon: A recent Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, for example, found that majorities of respondents would feel uncomfortable going to retail clothing stores or eating out at restaurants.
“The governors — it’s in their hands, but our country wants to open,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. “And you see what’s going on. They have to open. And the people of our country should think of themselves as warriors. Our country has to open.”
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