More than half of Americans feel July 4 gatherings are risky, poll shows

More than three-quarters of Americans still feel there’s at least some risk from the COVID-19 pandemic in attending July Fourth celebrations — with four in 10 believing the threat is moderate to high, according to a new poll.

Some 77 percent of respondents in an Axios-Ipsos poll ranked the celebrations as posing at least a small risk, with less than a quarter — 23 percent — maintaining there was no risk at all. The biggest chunk now puts it at a small risk, however — with just 14 percent fearing celebrations put them at a large risk, a big drop from the 45 percent who felt the same this time last year, the poll shows.