The Challenge of Reaching the Unvaccinated November 11, 2021 Slide Across eight news sources tested, fewer than a third of unvaccinated adults trust any of them for information on COVID-19.
The Legal Battle Against Federal Vaccine Mandates November 18, 2021 Slide Twenty-seven states have joined lawsuits challenging at least one aspect of the Biden administration’s vaccination requirements, but the vast majority are part of multiple lawsuits.
A Year of Vaccine Inequity December 22, 2021 Slide Just 7% of low-income countries’ populations have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of December 20, well behind the 40% target for 2021.
Providing an Equal Number of Free COVID-19 Tests to U.S. Households Results in Inequitable Access January 20, 2022 Slide Hispanic, Asian, and Black people are more likely than White people to live in households with more than four people, where not everyone will receive a free COVID-19 test from the federal government.
Diversity of Under-5 Age Group Varies Across States February 10, 2022 Slide Of the 19 million U.S. children under 5, half are children of color, making this group more diverse than the U.S. population overall. There is also significant variation across the country.
About 8 in 10 Adults Say Normal Life Will Look Different Going Forward March 4, 2022 Slide While Republicans, Democrats, vaccinated adults, and unvaccinated adults have had starkly different views of the pandemic, there is broad agreement on this question across partisans and demographic groups.
Understanding the US Failure on Coronavirus September 14, 2020 Perspective For The BMJ, Drew Altman discusses two fundamental policy decisions made by the Trump administration that set the U.S. on the controversial and highly criticized course it has taken on COVID-19.
Pharmacies, Not the Military, Will Handle COVID-19 Vaccinations August 31, 2020 Perspective President Trump has conjured up the image of a top general and the military delivering the coronavirus vaccine drawing on their vast logistical experience. In his latest Axios column, Drew Altman explains why vaccine realities will dictate that it’s much more likely to be at your local Walgreens or CVS pharmacy.
The Pandemic is Boosting the Public’s View of Doctors August 3, 2020 Perspective In this Axios column, Drew Altman looks at how the heroic performance of the nation’s doctors on the frontlines of coronavirus care and effective communication by many physician scientists on television, is shifting the public’s views, with twice as many Americans now saying doctors put people ahead of profits than they did in earlier KFF polling.
