Americans More Pessimistic Life Will Ever Return To Pre-Pandemic ‘Normal’ After Brutal Summer, Poll Finds

Topline Americans are less optimistic they can return to their “normal” lives than they did earlier this year, according to a new Axios-Ipsos poll, after a summer of new pandemic restrictions amid soaring Covid-19 infections, record-high deaths and overwhelmed hospitals.    Americans are less optimistic about a return to “normal” life than summer, poll finds. Getty Images Key Facts Three in 10 Americans think it will take more than a year for life to get back to pre-pandemic “normal,” according to the Axios-Ipsos poll of 1,015 Americans conducted between October 8-11.    That’s more than triple the proportion when the question was polled in June, where just 9% thought it would take more than a year for life to get back to normal.  Other metrics display a similar, though less dramatic, drop in optimism and a shift towards longer timescales by which people think life will return to normal. Nearly a quarter (24%) think life will get back to normal within a year,… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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