Many Americans are significantly relaxing how often they wear masks and take other once-routine precautions against the coronavirus. A new poll says less than half now say they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds and skip nonessential travel.
"I figured when the military starts easing up, because they're pretty strict, that's a very good sign," said Morgan, 80.
Experts say the coronavirus isn't going away, and most Americans recognize the virus will stick around. In January, an AP-NORC poll showed just 15% of Americans said the pandemic will be over when COVID-19 is mostly eliminated. Most said they expect the pandemic to end when it's largely a mild virus.
"It came back and hit us again once before, and I have a feeling if we aren't cautious we are going to do it again," Montoya said. "Yes, it's slowing down, but there's a lot of stupid people out there, especially the younger ones that don't think it's serious."
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