Survey: Young Americans less likely to social distance as coronavirus cases continue to rise
WASHINGTON – As the number of new coronavirus cases in the United States continues to rise, nearly half of young Americans say they’ve hung out with people outside of their household without social distancing, according to a new survey.
The United States on Wednesday saw its highest number of new coronavirus cases recorded in months. Since May, the majority of states across the country have begun loosening social distancing restrictions that were in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Several of the nation’s most populous states, including California, Texas and Florida, have reported record-setting highs in daily new cases.
“We're kind of in this naughty situation where these folks are probably engaging in this stuff because it is less dangerous to them personally, but that has significant downstream effects,” said Robert Griffin, research director for the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group. “They are now some of the people who are most likely to be causing this to happen, and to grow worse in some of these states.
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