U.S. men less likely to heed health warnings as coronavirus death toll mounts: Reuters Poll

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As America converts itself into a nation of shut-ins, one group appears to be less interested than others in following the ever-lengthening list of health tips aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic: men.

According to a March 18-24 Reuters/Ipsos poll, U.S. men are clearly taking the coronavirus less seriously than women, who are more likely to support aggressive steps to combat the virus, as well as take personal, proactive measures such as avoiding physical contact and washing their hands more often.

Seventy-two percent of women say they have been avoiding large public gatherings, 14 percentage points higher than men, and 65% of women said they are now avoiding close physical contact with others, which is 9 points higher than men. “Then added to this, is that women do more childcare to begin with, and so the closing of schools is more impactful – and more likely alarming – for women.”

Twenty-five percent of men said they “strongly agree” that people are “unnecessarily panicking”, compared with 18% of women. While about the same number of men and women said they were familiar with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, men were less likely to show they understood how it spreads.

Sara Mohr, 22, of Mountain View, California, told Reuters in an interview that her boyfriend’s idea of stockpiling medicine was handing her two packs of DayQuil cold and flu capsules and telling her, “We’re fine.”

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