The biggest reason why so many anticipate being in "survival mode" is because of the financial problems that they experienced this year. According to that same survey, a whopping 68 percent of all Americans say that they experienced some sort of "financial setback" in 2020...Of the 3,011 surveyed adults, over 38% said they will spend the year in "survival mode," meaning they'll focus on the day-to-day rather than long-term goals to try to get themselves and their families through 2021.
Although some respondents maintained their usual income over the past year, 68% had setbacks. Of those, 23% lost a job or household income; 20% had an unexpected non-health emergency; 18% had to provide unexpected financial aid to family or friends; and 16% had a health emergency in their family.
Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer (CMO), told lawmakers on Wednesday that people will not get to select which vaccine they want to take during the first phase of the UK's mass immunization programme.The safest option would be to not volunteer to be a guinea pig for any of these experimental vaccines, particularly for the 99% of the population who could safely rely on their immune system which would also confer a lifetime of immunity: 'And that no man might buy or sell': Welsh government to roll out 'coronavirus vaccine ID cards'
"A situation where we have enough vaccines that you have a choice which one you wish, (that) will be a very nice problem for us to have. It is not the problem we have at the moment and it is not a problem we're going to have for the next four months," Whitty said.
"Currently, if the choice is between a good vaccine and no vaccine, I'm going to just go for whichever good vaccine is available," the CMO added.
There isn't enough data to know whether these vaccines are 'good' and as the UK's CMO one would expect that he would be scientific and honest.
Whitty's comment comes as the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) issued a warning on Wednesday that people with a history of 'significant' allergic reactions should not take Pfizer's Covid-19 jab.
The alert was issued after two NHS staff members experienced adverse reactions to the Pfizer jab. They are both said to be recovering well.
The UK's mass vaccination programme started on Tuesday at hospitals across the country, using the recently approved Pfizer vaccine.
So far, the Pfizer vaccine has only been approved for use in the UK.
Even though Switzerland has ordered millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine it has not approved it for use because of the lack of data on its safety and efficacy.
On Tuesday, Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said he was hoping that the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca may also be approved before the end of the year.
Comment: If Cuomo ever lets folks out of their houses, he should be voted into oblivion.