Republicans are less likely to wear one and call the decision a "personal choice," while a majority of people overall describe the decision to wear a mask decision a "public health responsibility." Democrats and independents are more apt to take the latter view.

Personal experience plays a role here, too: Democrats are more likely than Republicans to report knowing someone who's gotten the virus or to say that their communities are being affected.

And so, while Americans see the containment effort overall as a public health issue, half also concede they see it as a political one, as well — most Republicans, even more so than Democrats and independents, say they think of the matter in political terms.

Here too, Republicans feel differently: Relatively fewer Republicans say testing is very important than the public overall says, and most Republicans say the Trump administration is trying to get all Americans tested. .

But for the rest who disagree, there's more concern that states opened too fast: almost twice as many think their state moved too quickly, rather than too slowly.

This is particularly true in the South, where 48% feel their state opened too quickly, more than feel this way than in any other region. .

Personal experience weighs on this measure, as well: Americans who personally know someone who's contracted the virus — and those who say there are many COVID-19 cases in their area — are more likely to think their state reopened too quickly.

Partisan differences also exist here, with Democrats more than twice as likely as Republicans to say their state reopened too quickly.

When asked if they feel safer or more at risk than they used to, few report feeling any safer.

Despite reopening, many are not flocking to public places: just 1 in 5 report going to as many public places as they did before the outbreak.

Most of those who report going out say they're doing so because they need or want to, not because they think the health risks are low.

Those who say their state has opened up too fast are more likely than those who don't to report feeling more at risk now. .

And as the virus has hit communities of color especially hard, black and Hispanic Americans are more likely to report knowing someone who's gotten it — the percentage of black people who say they or someone they know has been diagnosed with covid is up from last month.

Views on the importance of testing are higher among African Americans than the public overall.

Over these weeks we've also been asking Americans how many people they think have died in the U.S.