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Effectiveness

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News

It’s Tick Season: What do St. Louisans know and do about it?

Tick season runs April to October. Of nearly 100 tick species in the U.S., only a few bite humans and can spread illness. We asked St. Louisans how they are getting ready. Tick are fairly common: 1 in 3 St. Louis households have been affected  Of St. Louis adults surveyed, 34% reported that they or someone […]

POLL: One week after tornado, how do St. Louisans rate the local response?

On May 16 an EF-3 tornado struck St. Louis. We asked St. Louis adults to rate their satisfaction with the storm response. Satisfaction was highest for the response of neighbors and community members (8.4 out of 10) and lowest for emergency communication warnings (4.2 of 10).  St. Louisans helped each other.  Among those polled, 19% were directly affected by […]

Vaccines & autism: Few St. Louisans hearing about or believing it  

A claim that vaccines cause autism is spreading again, but most St. Louis adults surveyed (73%) say they haven’t heard the claim in the last week. Of those who heard it, most believed it was untrue, but 20% believed it was “definitely” true and 20% believed “it could be true.”  Who is hearing the claim […]