Two out of 3 people living in the Houston metropolitan area say they have been worried since the coronavirus began spreading last spring. More than 10% reported that a friend or member of a circle of relatives had died of COVID-19, while nearly 30% said themselves had contracted the virus or personally knew someone who had it.

A report released Monday through the University of Houston’s Hobthrough School of Public Affairs provides a review of how the pandemic has replaced the lives of metropolitan residents, affecting their physical, intellectual and economic health.

More than 20% of respondents said they had lost a task because of the virus, and 18% said they had been fired or their hours reduced. More than 4 out of five people told investigators that they were involved in the post-pandemic economy.

Most are not impressed with the state and federal political leaders who are running the pandemic.

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Pablo M. Pinto, director of hobby school’s Public Policy Center, said researchers expected others to worry about their children’s health, education, and finances.

“But we also found that these negative effects, many of which were because of policies designed to curb the spread of the virus, were divided between the sexes and racial and ethnic groups,” he said. “Few other people have escaped at least some,” from the painful facets of the pandemic. “

This suggests that aid systems also target a wide variety of Americans, Pinto said.

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The full report can be obtained from the Hobby School website.

Sunny MC Wong, an economist and professor at Hobby School, said the answers verify that the widespread effect of the pandemic.

“Job losses, licenses, and pay cuts in all walks of life, although black or African-American and Hispanic or Latino staff have felt the greatest impact,” Wong said. While 20. 6% of others in general reported losing a job, this percentage increased to 24% for Hispanic/Latino citizens and 26% for black/African American citizens.

In addition to Pinto and Wong, the project’s principal investigators include Senator Kirk P. Watson, founding dean of the Hobby School, Gail Buttorff, co-director of the Survey Research Institute at Hobby School, and postdoctoral researcher Yewande Olapade.