There is no accounting for self inflicted ignorance

Conservative voters, men 35 and up more likely to say COVID-19 threat 'overblown,' poll finds

VANCOUVER -- Certain demographics are more likely to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously than others, according to a new survey from the Angus Reid Institute.

While the poll found 88 per cent of Canadians believe the threat posed by the novel coronavirus is "serious," the other 12 per cent, or about one in eight people, said they consider the threat to be "overblown."

Among the COVID-19 skeptics, pollsters found two groups – men who are at least 35 years old, and people who voted Conservative in the last election – were overrepresented compared to their percentage of the population.

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