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Last modified: 07/01/2026 09:23 AM Political Commentary

The Greatest Casualty of COVID Was Trust By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.

During the Watergate hearings, Senator Howard Baker asked the question that came to define a generation: “What did the President know, and when did he know it?”

Last modified: 06/30/2026 05:07 PM Politics

Many Suspect COVID-19 Outbreak Was Not Accidental

Recent revelations about the origins of the COVID-19 virus have heightened suspicions many Americans have about both the pandemic and the vaccines used to treat it.

Last modified: 05/14/2026 10:49 AM Politics

63% Suspect COVID-19 Cover-Up

A majority of voters believe federal officials helped conceal the role China played in the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 01:10 PM Politics

60% of Democrats Blame Trump More Than China for Coronavirus

Most Democrats blame President Trump, not China, for the coronavirus crisis the country is now experiencing. Other voters disagree.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 01:10 PM Politics

Most Favor UN Action Against China for Coronavirus; 41% Want Their State to Sue

Most voters here want the United Nations to punish China for inflicting the coronavirus on the world, and a sizable number favor state lawsuits against the Asian giant.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 01:09 PM Politics

Most Say China Should Pay Some of World’s COVID Costs

U.S. voters think China is chiefly to blame for the coronavirus, and most now believe the Chinese should pay at least some of the global costs of the pandemic.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 01:09 PM Politics

New High of 60% Say China Should Pay Some of World’s Coronavirus Costs

More voters than ever consider China an enemy and think the Asian giant should pick up the tab for at least some of the global costs of the coronavirus.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 01:08 PM Politics

Majority Support Chinese Protesters

Protests by Chinese people against their government’s COVID-19 policy have overwhelming approval from American voters.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 01:07 PM Politics

COVID-19: Majority Support Fauci-China Investigation

More than two-thirds of voters believe COVID-19 probably came from a Chinese research lab, and agree with Republican demands that Dr. Anthony Fauci testify under oath in a congressional investigation.

Last modified: 01/28/2026 10:50 AM Lifestyle

Only 31% Think U.S. Winning Virus War; Food Concerns Unchanged

Americans are pessimistic about the struggle against the coronavirus, although concerns about the food supply haven’t grown.

Last modified: 11/21/2025 01:45 PM Lifestyle

Millions Experienced COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects

More than a third of Americans who were vaccinated against COVID-19 say they had side effects from the shot, and nearly half suspect the vaccines killed many patients,

Last modified: 10/23/2025 03:40 PM Political Commentary

Did Hospital Protocols Make COVID Outcomes Worse? By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.

A new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals an unsettling reality: nearly one-third of American adults say someone they know died of COVID-19 while hospitalized, and almost half believe hospital treatment protocols likely contributed to that death.

Last modified: 10/22/2025 12:58 PM Lifestyle

Many Suspect Hospital Treatment Contributed to COVID-19 Deaths

Nearly a third of Americans say someone they know died while being treated for COVID-19, and many think hospital treatment protocols may have been a factor in those deaths.

Last modified: 09/11/2025 10:48 AM Politics

56% Suspect COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Deaths

More than half of voters think COVID-19 vaccines may have killed many people, and back Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s criticism of government health officials.

Last modified: 05/29/2025 12:19 PM Lifestyle

COVID-19: 51% Suspect Heart Damage From Vaccine

In the wake of recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), about half of Americans think vaccines against the COVID-19 virus may have caused heart problems for some patients.

Last modified: 05/07/2025 11:57 AM Lifestyle

COVID-19: Did the Experts Get It Right?

Five years after the COVID-19 virus emerged, Americans remain divided over whether health experts were right or wrong in their advice on dealing with the pandemic.

Last modified: 04/18/2025 10:24 AM Politics

COVID-19: 48% Suspect Deliberate Release

Now that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded that the COVID-19 virus came from a Chinese laboratory, nearly half of voters think the pandemic outbreak was not accidental.

Last modified: 02/11/2025 04:25 PM Lifestyle

Democrats Are Far More Fearful of COVID ‘Dark Winter’ Than Others

Democrats strongly agree with their nominee Joe Biden that America is entering “a dark winter” because of the coronavirus, but other voters aren’t nearly as gloomy. President Trump is more upbeat, promising a COVID-19 vaccine soon, and most voters say they’re likely to get one.