Most Americans aren’t ready yet to reopen the economy

Most Americans aren’t ready yet to reopen the economy

In a poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, three-quarters of U.S. adults said the worst is to come with the coronavirus and two-thirds were worried that restrictions would be lifted too soon," Ashley Parker writes . ". And while Trump's approval rating remains largely unchanged from pre-pandemic, with 46 percent approving and 51 percent disapproving, only 36 percent trust what he says about the coronavirus.. As the Trump administration and Congress approach an agreement on a roughly $470 billion package of new economic relief, more than six in 10 respondents indicated the federal government needs to do more to ensure adequate testing and secure medical supplies for doctors and nurses.. More than three in four Americans think a reopening of the economy and a "return to normal" are at least months away, not weeks, according to the survey.. The details: "About $310 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, which was swamped by demand in the three weeks since Congress created it as part of a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue bill.. It also would add $60 billion to a separate emergency loan program for small businesses that is out of money, too,