Mask disparity remains despite coronavirus cases increasing rapidly :: WRAL.com

NBC’s Benka Missal and Melissa Holtsburgh

Washington — Democrats, non-whites, and older Americans are very likely to say they wear protective masks every time they leave the house. Measures to prevent the spread of coronaviruses continue to be polarized, and the number of cases has reached new heights in the United States, as new voting data show.

The new NBC News | SurveyMonkey Weekly Tracking Poll shows that 97% of Democrats and Democratic leaders are wearing masks at least when they leave home and may be in contact with others (86% are masks). “Every time”, 11% say “most of the time”).

70% of Republicans and those who are inclined to Republican say the same (48% say “every time”, 22% say “mostly”).

Independent cases, 71% said they wore “every time” masks and may have left home and were in contact with others, and 18% wore “mostly” masks I answered.

Overall, the majority of adults say they wear regular masks. 68% of adults say they wear a mask “every time” and may be in contact with others, 16% say they wear a mask “mostly” and 10% say “Part of the time,” and only 5% say “never”.

There are also clear disparities along racial boundaries. Eighty percent of non-white Americans say they wear “always” masks when in public spaces with others, including 82 percent of blacks, 82 percent of Asians, and 81 percent of Hispanics .. That compares to 61 percent of whites who say the same.

And the difference extends to the disparity between generations. 75% of people over 65 say they wear a mask every time they leave the house. In all other age subgroups, 64% to 69% are likely to say the same. From age 35 to 54, you are least likely to wear a mask every time you leave the house.

The new data show that the White House is trying to shift the message on the mask as the surge in the U.S. case breaks through 4.2 million and kills more than 147,000 Americans with the virus. It shows that there is still a political gap to.

Beginning in April, the Centers for Disease Control recommends wearing a mask if you cannot maintain a social distance. But President Trump has been reluctant to wear masks for months, and finally urged Americans to adopt conventions, and began to wear masks themselves-.

In May, Trump even falsely claimed that Democratic nominee Joe Biden wore a mask outside his home. He also said last week that he did not agree with CDC director Robert Redfield on how effective a mask is at controlling viruses because it “causes problems” as well. ..

But Trump tweeted last week that wearing a mask is “patriotic,” he said in a press conference, “I ask everyone to wear a mask when they can’t keep their distance.” I struck a different tone.

New polls show that throughout the pandemic, adults only left home mainly for necessary activities such as grocery shopping, the number of which has grown most since polls began earlier this month. Is not …

The majority, 54%, said they had left home the past day for grocery shopping, and 43% did so for a walk, fresh air, or to go to work.

But only 21% said they left home to exercise and 16% said they left home to eat at restaurants and bars. Many states struggle with keeping indoor spaces open amid concerns of airborne spread of the virus.

These data are based on a series of SurveyMonkey online polls conducted on a national sample of 46,450 adults in the United States from 20-26 July 2020.

Respondents were selected from over 2 million people who survey daily on the SurveyMonkey platform. The modeled error estimate for this study is plus or minus 1.0 percentage points. Data are weighted by age, race, gender, education, and geography using the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and reflect the US population age 18 and older.