This is not surprising. I’ve been saying it for a while. If you watch Fox, you are not getting what you need to make an informed decision about the coronavirus:
Ipsos/Reuters has released a poll which shows a significant though not overwhelming difference between the self-reported precautions by Democrats and Republicans.
40% of Democrats says they have not altered their daily routines. 54% of Republicans say this. 48% of Democrats say they’re washing their hands or using disinfectants more frequently. 38% of Republicans say the same. (Poll data here.) Across the board Democrats perceive COVID-19 as a bigger than Republicans and are taking more steps to prepare.
These are not huge differences. But they’re significant. And spread over time and hundreds of millions of Americans they could easily have real world health impacts.
Many Trump voters are older people. They are taking their lives into their hands if they believe what he’s telling them;.
The point of all these precautions everyone other than Trump is proposing is the fact that this virus grows exponentially so the best thing we can do to mitigate the harm is to slow it as much as possible so our health care system doesn’t become overwhelmed. That means everyone, of every age, needs to do their part to try not to spread it.
Stay away from the red hats. They know not what they do.