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70% of Americans say the core strategies for containing COVID-19 are well understood, even though studies have yielded conflicting advice.

After three months of news and information, 64% of U.S. adults say the CDC mostly gets the facts about the outbreak right; 30% say the same about President Trump and his administration.

In March 2020, about three-quarters (74%) of public Facebook posts about COVID-19 linked to news organizations, while just 1% linked to health and science sites.

Black adults were much more likely than whites and somewhat more likely than Hispanic adults to frequently discuss the pandemic with others.

People in this group are most likely to say the outbreak has been made too big of a deal and journalists have been exaggerating the risks.

More than two-thirds of adults ages 65 or older said they were following news of the pandemic very closely.

While 43% of Americans say the new coronavirus most likely came about naturally, nearly three-in-ten say it most likely was created in a lab.

Responses to cable news coverage and the pandemic vary notably among Americans who identify Fox News, MSNBC or CNN as their main source of political news.

About half of whites correctly answered at least nine of 11 science-related questions, compared with much smaller shares of Hispanics and blacks.

Science-related Facebook pages draw millions of followers but feature more posts with ‘news you can use’ or ads than scientific discoveries