Axios-Ipsos poll: The blame game

[Fla Dem]

Axios-Ipsos poll: The blame game

Aug 3, 2021 - Politics & Policy
Margaret Talev



Americans place the most blame for rising COVID-19 cases and the spread of new variants on the unvaccinated, people from other nations traveling to the U.S. and Donald Trump, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

Why it matters: The findings expose a surreal gap between the views of the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, showing how tough getting to herd immunity could be — and providing new evidence that mandates could make a difference.

Vaccinated Americans overwhelmingly blame the unvaccinated as the central problem plus other ancillary factors.
The unvaccinated aren't so sure who to blame — and are far more likely to buy into conspiracy theories involving the media or President Biden.
What they're saying: "It's purely political at its core," said Cliff Young, president of Ipsos U.S. Public Affairs. "To the unvaccinated, it just reinforces an already existing false belief system."

"If this had happened 30 or 40 years ago, we wouldn't have the same problem," but "we're in a world that's extremely polarized," Young said.
"We're dealing with a serious misinformation wall at this point that's clouding facts" for a "recalcitrant group ... The only way to get to them if you're going to get to them is hard policies, hard mandates."
What we're watching: When asked whether they'd take the shots if their employer mandated it, only one in three unvaccinated Americans said yes.

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https://www.axios.com/axios-ipsos-poll-blame-game-coronavirus-47dfa062-c2c5-4e66-b70b-30cc94361d92.html

[Doodley]

1. No option to blame state governors? There are GOP serial killers out there getting away with it.

[empedocles]

2. Great point

[rownesheck]

3. Exactly.

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Fucking Fucky McFuckstick here in Texas not allowing businesses and schools to have mask mandates has me worried as fuck. I've got 2 kids under 12 going back to school soon. He should be personally held responsible for being a murderous shit catering to the insane ideas of Q whackjobs and evangelical fuckfaces.

[Doodley]

5. Exactly, but all most people are hearing right now is about Cuomo. Not the most important story.

[ffr]

4. 79% of the vaccinated blame the unvaccinated for spreading the Delta variant. Well, DUH!

Vaccinated Americans overwhelmingly blame the unvaccinated as the central problem plus other ancillary factors.


The unvaccinated aren't so sure who to blame — and are far more likely to buy into conspiracy theories involving the media or President Biden.

[lagomorph777]

6. I know RW media are pushing the "foreign travelers" option very hard.

Been hearing it 2nd/3rd hand from Trumpers (I don't associate with any personally).

[Fla Dem]

7. Yup seems like that's their biggest culprit right after mainstream media

Evidently all the mainstream media folks are breathing on the unvaccinated.