Originally published: Forethought, 09 April 2020
Week 2 Fielded 2 – 5 April 2020
AUSTRALIAN NORMALITY INDEX Week 2. REALISM:
Australians have responded to the CV-19 crisis with gritty realism based on how they are rating how normal life is right now, scoring life at 35% compared to same time last year. Comparing this to our partner poll, USA Normality Index which shows Americans are more optimistically rating life at 49% normality. When you consider the different infection rates between the two nations (AUS 1.9% vs USA 17.7%, source: AFR 9 Apr 20), the Aussie pragmatism and respondent observance of government directives to stay home and maintain social distance may be serving Australians. 63% of Aussies also believe we have at least another six months before life begins to return to normal. Forethought thanks our partner, Pureprofile for their support in conducting this weekly research.
