Unvaccinated Americans largely blame foreign travelers, the mainstream media and President Joe Biden for the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., a new poll finds.
Average daily infections have risen 283 percent in the last three weeks - from 23,613 to 90,576 - and are currently at their highest levels since February 2021.
The survey conducted by Axios-Ipsos showed that that vaccinated Americans overwhelmingly blame the unvaccinated, with 78 percent saying people who haven't gotten their shots are responsible for the summer surge.
But those who haven't received vaccines believe the spike is mainly caused by visitors from other countries.
A vast majority of vaccinated Americans blame the unvaccinated for the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. The unvaccinated blame foreigners, Joe Biden and some public health officials
Biden's COVID response plan so far has focused on getting more Americans vaccinated to protect them from the virus. Pictured: President Biden delivers remarks on the efforts to get more Americans vaccinated, July 2021
It seems unvaccinated Americans aren't sure which people or groups are to blame and their views are more split than their vaccinated peers.
More than a third of the unvaccinated, 36.7 percent, blame foreign travelers while 27.1 percent blame mainstream media.
They also blame public figures such as President Joe Biden and national health experts like Dr Anthony Fauci at 21.4 percent and 17.6 percent respectively.
Some unvaccinated Americans also say the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is at vault with 18.6 percent assigning blame to the agency.
Vaccinated Americans largely let them skate by, with only 11.5 percent pointing the finger at Biden, 9.8 percent at the CDC and 6.8 percent at national public health officials.
Biden has largely focused his pandemic response on getting more Americans vaccinated, investing more into acquiring the vaccine and delivering funds to struggling areas to boost their vaccine rollouts.
The President set a goal of getting 70 percent of American adults partially vaccinated by July 4, though the nation did not reach that mark until 29 days later on August 2.
He also ordered that all federal workers either get vaccinated, or agree to abide by masking and distancing guidelines in the workplace.
While vaccinated Americans largely blame the unvaccinated at 78.6 percent - who make up a majority of COVID-19 cases and deaths - some conservative figures are getting blamed as well.
Former President Donald Trump is blamed by 35.7 percent of the vaccinated, the poll found.
Trump was heavily criticized last year for his mishandling of the pandemic.
In the time since he has left office, though, he has gotten vaccinated and even pushed his conservative base - who are less likely to have received the shots so far - to get vaccinated as well.
President Donald Trump is blamed by many vaccinated people for the current surge in COVID cases. Trump is vaccinated, and encouraged his supporters to get jabbed. Pictured: Former President Trump makes
