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53% of Americans Say the Internet Has Been Essential During the COVID-19 Outbreak

The coronavirus outbreak has driven many commercial and social activities online and for some the internet has become an ever more crucial link to those they love and the things they need. A new Pew Research Center survey conducted in early April finds that roughly half of U.S. adults (53%) say the internet has been essential for them personally during the pandemic and another 34% describe it as “important, but not essential.”
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Vogels, Emily A., Andres Perrin, Lee Rainie, and Monica Anderson
53% of Americans Say the Internet Has Been Essential During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Pew Research Center
04/30/2020
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/04/30/53-of-americans-say-the…

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