AP-NORC poll: Americans are taking action in overwhelming numbers to protect themselves from COVID-19. — 94% staying away from large groups — 92% washing hands more — 86% avoiding other people entirely — 70% avoiding touching their face
. Containment efforts have canceled in-person classes for most of the country’s students, thrown more than 10 million people out of work and put 90% of the population under stay-at-home orders.
“To me it was just common sense,” said Richard Walker, 62, of St. Augustine, Florida, who said he and his family began making changes weeks before Gov. Ron DeSantis last WednesdayWalker said that he and his wife are no longer watching their 3-year-old granddaughter once a week and that their 33-year-old daughter is doing their grocery shopping. To celebrate his son’s birthday on Tuesday, the family gathered in the son’s driveway — staying at least 10 feet apart — and sang “Happy Birthday.
Mia Morris, of Atlanta, said she and her kids, ages 18 and 16, are doing the best they can to adjust to online learning. Morris, 41, is in a technical school program that has moved to online classes, and she watches a 7-year-old who is navigating first grade.
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