Half of the public believes the worst of Covid-19 in the U.S. is yet to come

A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that about half the public still believes that the worst of the Covid-19 outbreak in the U.S. is yet to come. Here's more from the poll, which surveyed around 1,200 U.S. adults between April 15-20: 

• Outbreak outlook: 51% of those surveyed believed "the worst is yet to come," down 23 percentage points since a similar poll conducted earlier in April. 
• Distancing measures: 80% of respondents say that strict stay-in-place measures are worth it to curb the spread of the virus. About 1 in 5 people say that distancing measures are causing more harm than good. 
• Contact tracing: 68% of people said that if they were tested for the coronavirus, they would be willing to use a phone app to share the results with public health officials to help them trace contacts and track the outbreak's spread.