Toplines - COVID Fauci - May 10-12, 2026

National Survey of 1,060 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted May 10-12, 2026

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How familiar are you with "gain of function" virus research?

15% Very familiar

23% Somewhat familiar

26% Not very familiar

29% Not at all familiar

  8% Not sure

2* Gain-of-function research involves scientists “taking a virus that could infect humans and making it either more transmissible and/or pathogenic for humans.” Do you believe Dr. Anthony Fauci has told the truth about U.S. government funding for gain-of-function virus research?

36% Yes

43% No

21% Not sure

3* How likely is it that some U.S. officials were involved in a cover-up of China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic?

43% Very likely

20% Somewhat likely

15% Not very likely

10% Not at all likely

13% Not sure

4* How likely is it that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths?

37% Very likely

22% Somewhat likely

14% Not very likely

17% Not at all likely

  9% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence