More people in states that still have stay-at-home restrictions are also no longer social distancing.
The number of Americans who say they are social distancing amid the nation's coronavirus pandemic – although still a majority – has dropped by 17 percentage points since late March as several states have ended stay-at-home orders, according to a new Gallup poll released Friday.
Fifty-eight percent of Americans said they are either completely or mostly isolating themselves, the poll found, down from a high of 75% who said they were between March 30 and April 4 and 68% who said they were April 20-26. It comes as several states, including Texas, Florida and Georgia, have ended stay-at-home orders and started to reopen their economies. President Donald Trump has increasingly hinged his reelection hopes on reopening the nation's economy, including giving his blessing to protesters who demanded the end of their state's orders.US coronavirus curve may be flattening, but estimated death toll keeps rising.
Jones pointed to several factors to explain the changing behavior in states with orders: the"political aspect" that's played out with protests and resistance; social distancing fatigue; and new allowances for some citizens to return to work or other activities despite other restrictions. Women are more likely to be practicing social distancing, with 67% saying they are isolating themselves, compared with 49% of men. In the past two weeks, the percentage of men social distancing has declined by 14 points, while it has decreased only 7 points among women.
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