Poll: Americans Vastly Overestimate COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate

41 percent of Democrats believe there's a 50 percent chance of being hospitalized for CCP virus, survey finds

Health care workers prepare an ICU room at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., on March 30, 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images

A Gallup poll released this week found that Americans, by in large, overestimate COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates.

Survey results suggest that “most Americans overstate the risk of hospitalization” for both unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals. Roughly 92 percent “overstate the risk that unvaccinated people will be hospitalized,” while 62 percent overstated the risk for vaccinated individuals, Gallup wrote in a blog post.