民众愈发担心疫情，美国抗疫力度却在下降
全美新冠肺炎确诊病例激增的事实似乎还无法给美国民众带来足够触动，消费者数据科学公司Dunnhumby的一项最新研究显示，许多美国人似乎已经丧失了抵抗新冠病毒的信心。
调查发现，美国消费者对新冠肺炎疫情的忧心程度远超以往，但“抗疫”举措却进一步减少。
Dunnhumby的北美总裁格兰特•斯蒂德曼在一份新闻稿中表示：“（民众对疫情的）担忧已经卷土重来。”
Dunnhumby的“担忧指数”显示，美国民众对新冠病毒的焦虑程度已经达到疫情爆发以来的最高水平，有32%的受访者表示（对疫情）“非常担心”
但该项调查也显示，与今年3月相比，保持社交疏离、勤洗手和戴口罩的人数都有所下降。只有40%的受访者表示自己支持关闭餐馆、酒吧，而在3月，这一比例为69%。
该报告对21个国家的42,000多名受访者进行了调查，结果显示，大多数国家的民众对新冠病毒的忧心程度低于疫情爆发时的水平。但美国是一个例外，民众对疫情的担忧不降反增。
研究发现，美国消费者也在逐渐失去对相关机构的信心。民众对美国政府处理新冠疫情能力的信心空前低落，只有18%，较疫情爆发时下降了19个百分点。只有日本和西班牙的受访者对本国政府应对措施的评价比美国更低。
美国民众对本国经济形势的展望也较为悲观，超过一半的受访者认为美国财政状况堪忧，70%的受访者认为美国经济处于疲软状态。
Dunnhumby表示，这种情绪将导致消费者假期支出减少：与去年相比，美国消费者计划在2020年假期减少25%％的食品支出、减少36%的礼品支出，更有10%的民众表示自己将不会购买任何礼品。（财富中文网）
译者：梁宇
审校：夏林
全美新冠肺炎确诊病例激增的事实似乎还无法给美国民众带来足够触动，消费者数据科学公司Dunnhumby的一项最新研究显示，许多美国人似乎已经丧失了抵抗新冠病毒的信心。
调查发现，美国消费者对新冠肺炎疫情的忧心程度远超以往，但“抗疫”举措却进一步减少。
Dunnhumby的北美总裁格兰特•斯蒂德曼在一份新闻稿中表示：“（民众对疫情的）担忧已经卷土重来。”
Dunnhumby的“担忧指数”显示，美国民众对新冠病毒的焦虑程度已经达到疫情爆发以来的最高水平，有32%的受访者表示（对疫情）“非常担心”
但该项调查也显示，与今年3月相比，保持社交疏离、勤洗手和戴口罩的人数都有所下降。只有40%的受访者表示自己支持关闭餐馆、酒吧，而在3月，这一比例为69%。
该报告对21个国家的42,000多名受访者进行了调查，结果显示，大多数国家的民众对新冠病毒的忧心程度低于疫情爆发时的水平。但美国是一个例外，民众对疫情的担忧不降反增。
研究发现，美国消费者也在逐渐失去对相关机构的信心。民众对美国政府处理新冠疫情能力的信心空前低落，只有18%，较疫情爆发时下降了19个百分点。只有日本和西班牙的受访者对本国政府应对措施的评价比美国更低。
美国民众对本国经济形势的展望也较为悲观，超过一半的受访者认为美国财政状况堪忧，70%的受访者认为美国经济处于疲软状态。
Dunnhumby表示，这种情绪将导致消费者假期支出减少：与去年相比，美国消费者计划在2020年假期减少25%％的食品支出、减少36%的礼品支出，更有10%的民众表示自己将不会购买任何礼品。（财富中文网）
译者：梁宇
审校：夏林
As if the skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases across the U.S. wasn’t proof enough, a new study from consumer data science firm Dunnhumby seems to signal that many Americans have given up when it comes to the virus.
The survey found that U.S. consumers are more worried than ever about the pandemic but are doing less to combat the virus.
“Worry is back with a vengeance,” said Grant Steadman, president of North America for Dunnhumby, in a press release.
Dunnhumby’s “Worry Index” shows that Americans are at their highest level of anxiety about the virus since the pandemic started, with 32% of respondents saying they are “extremely worried about it.”
And yet the results also showed that fewer people in the U.S. are taking action to combat it. Social distancing, hand washing, and mask wearing are all down since March, according to the survey. Only 40% of respondents support restaurant and bar closings, versus 69% in March.
U.S. consumers are outliers when it comes to their increased concern. The report, which surveyed more than 42,000 respondents in 21 countries, showed that most nations’ worry levels are below those seen at the beginning of the pandemic.
Consumers in the U.S. are also losing confidence in institutions, the study found. Faith in the U.S. government’s ability to handle COVID-19 is at all-time low at 18%, down 19 points from the start of the pandemic. Only respondents in Japan and Spain offered lower assessments of their governments’ response.
Americans also have a grim outlook on their economic situation, with more more than half reporting that their finances are in poor shape and 70% saying the country’s economy is weak.
That will translate into lower holiday spending, Dunnhumby says: U.S. consumers plan on spending 25% less on holiday food and 36% less on gifts in 2020 compared with last year. In fact, 10% said they would not be buying any gifts at all.
