By CARLA K. JOHNSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT

A U.S. investigation into President Joe Biden’s plans to require most workers to be vaccinated or routinely tested for COVID-19 has revealed a deep and familiar disparity. Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor, but most Republicans are against it.

The Associated Press-NORC Public Relations Center released a poll released Thursday that found the highly contagious delta variant killed up to around 2,000 people a day, with 51% approving Biden’s demands and 34%. Disapproved, 14% have no opinion.

About three-quarters of Democrats approve of only about a quarter of Republicans. About 6 in 10 Republicans say they disapprove. During the outbreak, Democrats and Republicans in many places also found divisions over masks and other precautions.

Emilio Rodriguez, a 28-year-old firefighter in Corpus Christi, Texas, said, “The federal government should say he needs to be vaccinated, lost his job and tested. I do not think so. “Republicans are not vaccinated.

Retired and Democratic school secretary Sarah Carver, 70, strongly endorses Biden’s mission. Residents outside Cleveland have said they would like to increase the number of people vaccinated to protect their 10-year-old grandchildren who are too young to lay off and their vaccinated husbands who suffer from respiratory problems and sickness. Alzheimer’s. paddy field.

“I believe in Dr Forch,” Carver said, referring to Dr Anthony Forch, the government’s first infectious disease specialist. Carver has been vaccinated twice with the Moderna vaccine.

64% of vaccinated Americans say they approve of warrants, and 23% disapprove of them. Among unvaccinated Americans, only 14% agree and 67% disagree. Most remote workers approve, but face-to-face workers are split almost evenly.

The functioning of the mandate is always defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Some healthcare professionals say weekly testing is not a substitute for vaccination, but it is a necessary part of policy.

Gigi Grombal, immunologist and senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security, said “we’re using it here to make testing impractical” to avoid vaccination. The choices are: “I will be vaccinated twice or every week.

According to Grombal, the warrants should force preconceived people to join 56% of the fully vaccinated U.S. population.

The testing choices make Biden’s obligations in the workplace more plausible for Cassie Tremant, a 32-year-old volunteer with the Wildlife Rescue Group in Austin, Texas. She’s okay with the mission as long as people can opt out by taking weekly tests. Democrat, she is fully vaccinated. Her grandmother was hospitalized with COVID-19.

“Personally, everyone wants to get vaccinated,” Tremant said. The Biden plan “gives people a choice. If they don’t follow through, it’s up to them to take the test. I think this is a fair rule.

About two-thirds of Americans say they are at least somewhat worried about themselves and their families being infected with the virus, but their serious concerns are lessened. Currently, around 3 in 10 people are very or very worried, compared to around 4 in 10 people in mid-August.

About two-thirds of Americans are at least somewhat convinced that the COVID-19 vaccine is effective against viral variants.

Americans continue to trust healthcare professionals more for information on vaccines and haven’t changed much since December. About eight in ten trust doctors and other health care providers at least moderately.

Rodriguez, a firefighter from Corpus Christi, said government information on vaccines seemed overly optimistic and was losing credibility.

“I haven’t heard anything negative about getting it,” he said. “There is nothing about side effects. It’s’ No, everything is fine. Please get it.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists common vaccine side effects such as fatigue, muscle pain, fever, chills, and nausea. Serious problems, such as heart inflammation that can occur in young men, are rare.

According to Rodriguez, see a trusted doctor if you have a duty at work.

Public confidence in leading US scientific institutions for vaccine information is also relatively high. About 7 in 10 trust the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration in at least moderate amounts.

“They are scientists and know what they are talking about,” said Carver, an Ohio retiree. “They are not as exciting as what you see on the internet.”

In contrast, only four in ten Americans say they trust the media more than reasonably well for information about vaccines. Six in ten have little or no trust in the media.

The majority of Americans approve of Biden’s treatment for COVID-19, but his score is lower than six months after taking office. 57% agree and 43% disapprove. It’s similar to his grade last month. Just recently, in July, about two-thirds approved Biden’s handling of a pandemic.

Almost half do not trust the president to get information about vaccines. This includes the Democratic Tremant, an Austin wildlife rescue volunteer.

“Politicians are saying something really stupid,” Tremant said. “I never trust the medical advice or the advice of any politician, even if he is my favorite politician in the world.”

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The AP-NORC survey of 1,099 adults was conducted September 23-27 using samples taken from the AmeriSpeak probability-based NORC panel designed to represent the US population. .. All respondents have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.