More than half of Israelis believe a second wave of infections in the coronavirus pandemic is only a matter of time, according to a survey by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI).
The poll finds 54.5 percent think there is a high chance of a second wave. However, generally Israelis are less afraid of it now; just 49% of Israeli Jews and 55.5% of Arab Israelis are worried about contracting the coronavirus, a significant drop from 76% and 70% respectively in March.
As infections slow and the government rolls back restrictions, 39% of respondents say the moves to restore the economy were made too fast, 30% think they were made at the appropriate pace and 25% think they were too slow.
Forty-four percent say they trust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s management of the crisis, a decrease from 54-57% in surveys up until mid-April on the same topic.
The survey was conducted by the IDI’s Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research on May 17-18, among 754 respondents contacted by phone and constituting a representative sample of Israel’s adult population. The margin of error was 3.7%.
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