The poll also found, however, that views varied across policies, and many say the policies had negative impacts.
Forty-two percent of Americans say all four policies were a good idea and another third say only some were a good idea. Only 20% say all were "generally a bad idea." Reasons given for disliking pandemic policies are both practical and principled. Among those who say key policies were generally a bad idea, top reasons include beliefs that policies went on too long , concerns about political motivations behind policy decisions , concerns about effects on the economy , and perceived lack of personal choice for the people involved .
The project team at Harvard was led by Gillian SteelFisher, principal research scientist and global polling director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, and included Hannah Caporello, senior research projects manager, and Mary Findling, assistant director.