While 46% said they are concerned about contracting Omicron, 54% said they are not
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Even with the threat of the Omicron COVID-19 variant hanging in the air, a new poll finds that most Canadians want to get on with their lives and won’t be changing work or travel plans.
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The survey by Maru Public Opinion focused mainly on the workplace but also looked at travel plans.
Asked if the emergence of the Omicron variant was causing their workplace to bring in new precautions, 73% said no while 27% said yes. On the issue of changing or cancelling travel plans for work or pleasure due to the variant, 72% said no they weren’t changing plans while 28% said yes.
In their personal lives, poll participants were a bit more cautious but still mostly looking to get on with life despite the new variant.
While 46% said they are concerned about contracting Omicron, 54% said they are not.
The country was nearly even split with 49% agreeing with the statement that Omicron “is being underestimated — it will be both highly contagious and more deadly than the last COVID wave,” while 51% disagreed with that statement.
Just shy of 4 in 10, or 38%, said they are going out less including taking fewer shopping trips, but most people said they were not changing. In fact, 54% said they agreed with the statement “I’m not worried about this new strain of the COVID virus and am just going about my life as usual.”
The poll was taken Dec. 3-5 among 1,510 randomly selected Canadian employed adults who are Maru Voice Canada online panelists. Online polls do not have margin of error but it is considered similar to a random probability sample with a margin of error of +/- 2.4% points 19 times out of 20.
While 46% said they are concerned about contracting Omicron, 54% said they are not
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Even with the threat of the Omicron COVID-19 variant hanging in the air, a new poll finds that most Canadians want to get on with their lives and won’t be changing work or travel plans.
Article content
The survey by Maru Public Opinion focused mainly on the workplace but also looked at travel plans.
Asked if the emergence of the Omicron variant was causing their workplace to bring in new precautions, 73% said no while 27% said yes. On the issue of changing or cancelling travel plans for work or pleasure due to the variant, 72% said no they weren’t changing plans while 28% said yes.
In their personal lives, poll participants were a bit more cautious but still mostly looking to get on with life despite the new variant.
While 46% said they are concerned about contracting Omicron, 54% said they are not.
The country was nearly even split with 49% agreeing with the statement that Omicron “is being underestimated — it will be both highly contagious and more deadly than the last COVID wave,” while 51% disagreed with that statement.
Just shy of 4 in 10, or 38%, said they are going out less including taking fewer shopping trips, but most people said they were not changing. In fact, 54% said they agreed with the statement “I’m not worried about this new strain of the COVID virus and am just going about my life as usual.”
The poll was taken Dec. 3-5 among 1,510 randomly selected Canadian employed adults who are Maru Voice Canada online panelists. Online polls do not have margin of error but it is considered similar to a random probability sample with a margin of error of +/- 2.4% points 19 times out of 20.