Bay Area Council officials said the implications of the poll could prove problematic for employers and transit agencies seeking to entice workers back to in-person work and downtown business districts.
Those saying they’re ready to return to a pre-pandemic normal increased from 11 percent, while those saying the region will not return to normal also increased from 6 percent in 2021. More than two years into the pandemic, roughly half of Bay Area voters remain concerned about contracting COVID-19, according to poll results released Thursday by the Bay Area Council business group.
Of those sampled, 49 percent said they were very or somewhat concerned about contracting the virus. However, 59 percent said the same about a family member contracting COVID. The remaining respondents, however, varied wildly in their estimation of a return to pre-pandemic life, ranging from 1-2 years from now to 12 percent who said the Bay Area will never return to a pre-pandemic normal.
Jim Wunderman, the group’s president and CEO, said that the region must “move forward,” even if COVID will never fully disappear.
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