About 1-in-6 Americans believe the scale of the pandemic is a hoax.
That number hasn’t changed much over the last month.
Today, about 16 percent of people agreed with the question “The scale of the pandemic is a hoax.”
The number of people who believe the scale of the pandemic is a hoax hasn’t changed much in the past month.
Republicans are more likely to believe the pandemic is a hoax than democrats.
What is more surprising, is that people who are less risk averse, who are more likely to take risks and engage in risky behavior, are also more likely to see the pandemic as a hoax.
People with a shorter time preference, who do not like to plan far into the future, are also more likely to see the scale of the pandemic as a hoax.
