Pew: Disease Threat Divide

Updated: 2025.08.19 6M ago 4 sources
Pew’s 2025 polling finds large party and age splits in whether the 'spread of infectious diseases' is a major global threat. These divergences forecast uneven support for preparedness funding, WHO cooperation, and emergency authorities in future outbreaks. — Risk-perception polarization determines the political viability of pandemic readiness, vaccine campaigns, and travel/quarantine policies, shaping U.S. public health strategy.

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5. Spread of infectious diseases as a threat
Janakee Chavda 2025.08.19 100% relevant
The article reports Americans’ views differ by party and age on infectious diseases as a global threat.
4. Global climate change as a threat
Janakee Chavda 2025.08.19 78% relevant
Like Pew’s findings on infectious-disease threat perception, this article shows partisan and age polarization in assessing climate risk, indicating a cross-domain pattern where risk perception divides shape the political viability of preparedness and response policies.
3. Terrorism as a threat
Janakee Chavda 2025.08.19 76% relevant
This article is another installment in Pew’s series showing party/age splits in perceived global threats; it parallels the infectious-disease item by demonstrating the same cleavage but for terrorism.
International Opinion on Global Threats
Janakee Chavda 2025.08.19 85% relevant
The reported party/age differences in threat perceptions extend to pandemics and disease spread, reinforcing this idea’s claim that preparedness funding and WHO cooperation hinge on polarized risk salience.
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