More Than Half of Americans Know Someone Infected or Ill With COVID: Poll

More Than Half of Americans Know Someone Infected or Ill With COVID: Poll: More Than Half of Americans Know Someone Infected or Ill With COVID: Poll By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all Americans have been personally affected by COVID-19 at this point in the pandemic, according to a new HealthDay-Harris Poll survey. The national survey was conducted by The Harris Poll between Oct. 8 and 12. It found that 55% of U.S. adults now say they know someone in their immediate or extended network of family and acquaintances who's been infected, hospitalized or passed away from COVID-19. About two in every five people said they'd had even more direct experience with COVID-19, with either themselves or someone very close to them falling ill, being hospitalized or dying. RELATED ARTICLES Fauci 'Cautiously Optimistic' for COVID-19 Vaccine by Year's End 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients New Wave of COVID Infections Taking Hold in America One Big Reason Women May Be Less Prone to COVID-19 "By now, we're all accustomed to regularly seeing the sobering figures for COVID infection and death rates, but these findings translate to something so much bigger in terms of the ful