69% saw viruses as the top threat, including 67% citing COVID-19.The latest data were collected before the omicron variant of the virus triggered new travel restrictions, as well as a stock market sell-off on Friday.
Gallup first asked Americans in 1987 to name what they consider to be the nation's most urgent U.S. health problem and has updated it every year but one since 1999.As mentions of the coronavirus have declined over the past year, the percentages citing healthcare access and cost have increased, although neither has returned to its pre-pandemic level.
Gallup's latest reading of this question prior to the pandemic was conducted in November 2018.Additionally, immunization is cited by 6% of all U.S.