Research: Partisanship and Media Misinformation Driving Gross Misperception of Covid-19 Risks

[BreakingCane]

And the sheep continue to fall in line... This summarizes @MikeJW and @jdx2112 behaviors on here. Interesting study by Franklin Templeton - Gallup reveals a gross misperception of COVID risk among Americans, driven by partisanship and misinformation. Gotta love how people keep getting duped by Fakenews....



ON MY MIND: THEY BLINDED US FROM SCIENCE

First insights from the new Franklin Templeton–Gallup research project on the behavioral response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for the recovery: we find a gross misperception of COVID-19 risk, driven by partisanship and misinformation, and a willingness to pay a significant “safety premium” that could affect future inflation.

The first round of our Franklin Templeton–Gallup Economics of Recovery Study has already yielded three powerful and surprising insights:

1. Americans still misperceive the risks of death from COVID-19 for different age cohorts—to a shocking extent;
   
   
2. The misperception is greater for those who identify as Democrats, and for those who rely more on social media for information; partisanship and misinformation, to misquote Thomas Dolby, are blinding us from science; and
   
   
3. We find a sizable “safety premium” that could become a significant driver of inflation as the recovery gets underway.

MISPERCEPTIONS OF RISK
Six months into this pandemic, Americans still dramatically misunderstand the risk of dying from COVID-19:

1. On average, Americans believe that people aged 55 and older account for just over half of total COVID-19 deaths; the actual figure is 92%.
   
   
2. Americans believe that people aged 44 and younger account for about 30% of total deaths; the actual figure is 2.7%.
   
   
3. Americans overestimate the risk of death from COVID-19 for people aged 24 and younger by a factor of 50; and they think the risk for people aged 65 and older is half of what it actually is (40% vs 80%).

These results are nothing short of stunning. Mortality data have shown from the very beginning that the COVID-19 virus age-discriminates, with deaths overwhelmingly concentrated in people who are older and suffer comorbidities. This is perhaps the only uncontroversial piece of evidence we have about this virus. Nearly all US fatalities have been among people older than 55; and yet a large number of Americans are still convinced that the risk to those younger than 55 is almost the same as to those who are older.

On My Mind: They Blinded Us From Science

www.franklintempleton.com

 

[GLFSTRM]

This is only "news" to stupid and lying libs.

 

[BreakingCane]

This is only "news" to stupid and lying libs.

Yep. Sheep eat up the Fakenews like they’re at the buffet line.

 

[kamco360]

And the sheep continue to fall in line... This summarizes @MikeJW and @jdx2112 behaviors on here. Interesting study by Franklin Templeton - Gallup reveals a gross misperception of COVID risk among Americans, driven by partisanship and misinformation. Gotta love how people keep getting duped by Fakenews....

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ON MY MIND: THEY BLINDED US FROM SCIENCE

First insights from the new Franklin Templeton–Gallup research project on the behavioral response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for the recovery: we find a gross misperception of COVID-19 risk, driven by partisanship and misinformation, and a willingness to pay a significant “safety premium” that could affect future inflation.

The first round of our Franklin Templeton–Gallup Economics of Recovery Study has already yielded three powerful and surprising insights:

1. Americans still misperceive the risks of death from COVID-19 for different age cohorts—to a shocking extent;
   
   
2. The misperception is greater for those who identify as Democrats, and for those who rely more on social media for information; partisanship and misinformation, to misquote Thomas Dolby, are blinding us from science; and
   
   
3. We find a sizable “safety premium” that could become a significant driver of inflation as the recovery gets underway.

MISPERCEPTIONS OF RISK
Six months into this pandemic, Americans still dramatically misunderstand the risk of dying from COVID-19:

1. On average, Americans believe that people aged 55 and older account for just over half of total COVID-19 deaths; the actual figure is 92%.
   
   
2. Americans believe that people aged 44 and younger account for about 30% of total deaths; the actual figure is 2.7%.
   
   
3. Americans overestimate the risk of death from COVID-19 for people aged 24 and younger by a factor of 50; and they think the risk for people aged 65 and older is half of what it actually is (40% vs 80%).

These results are nothing short of stunning. Mortality data have shown from the very beginning that the COVID-19 virus age-discriminates, with deaths overwhelmingly concentrated in people who are older and suffer comorbidities. This is perhaps the only uncontroversial piece of evidence we have about this virus. Nearly all US fatalities have been among people older than 55; and yet a large number of Americans are still convinced that the risk to those younger than 55 is almost the same as to those who are older.

On My Mind: They Blinded Us From Science

www.franklintempleton.com

Reading this article I can't help but think of NYC and Chicago, which by all accounts likely have herd immunity and are seeing single digit deaths everyday and still are not allowed to eat inside a restaurant. Only uninformed Dem sheep would think this is for their own good and allow this to continue. My wife and I were talking last night about how thankful we are to not live in Chicago anymore, between the lockdowns, shootings and riots there won't be much left when this is all over. Good news for Sunbelt real estate, tourists are going to become Uhauls.

 

[BreakingCane]

Reading this article I can't help but think of NYC and Chicago, which by all accounts likely have herd immunity and are seeing single digit deaths everyday and still are not allowed to eat inside a restaurant. Only uninformed Dem sheep would think this is for their own good and allow this to continue. My wife and I were talking last night about how thankful we are to not live in Chicago anymore, between the lockdowns, shootings and riots there won't be much left when this is all over. Good news for Sunbelt real estate, tourists are going to become Uhauls.

Not sure if they’ve reached herd immunity or not, but we know cases will rise again once they reopen.

 

[GLFSTRM]

The Case for Masks, School Closings, & Social Isolation Just Collapsed!

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse...

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[BreakingCane]

Notice @jdx2112 @dmatt and @MikeJW avoiding this thread like it’s covid!