Despite the variant putting some other countries back on lockdown, the U.S. is almost completely back to normal and citizens are not changing their behavior.
Only 41 percent of adults believe Fourth of July celebrations pose a high or moderate risk of coronavirus transmission. Last Fourth of July, 78 percent believed the celebrations would pose a high risk for the virus, according to the poll.
The number of people who said they wear their masks all or some of the time when outside their home also dropped to 55 percent, the lowest number since the Index began in April 2020.
The delta variant is in the U.S. and has caused a surge in cases among unvaccinated individuals, but the vaccines have been shown to give protection against the new variant.
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