The majority of the workers surveyed (80%) felt they were knowledgeable about precautions that should be taken if the virus reached their workplace. Yet approximately half (47%) of the respondents said that they would still engage in public activities (such as riding the bus, picking up a prescription or grocery shopping) even when they were infected with H1N1 and required to stay home from their office due to a company-imposed quarantine.

The gap between professed knowledge and practice is alarming, said Ireland. Nearly half of respondents said that they would continue to engage in public activities with full knowledge of their infection. Clearly, there is much to be done to educate America ™s workforce and help people act appropriately in order to contain the spread of H1N1.

Additional poll findings:

When asked how concerned they were about the H1N1 Virus, approximately 50% of workers rated their concern a six or higher on a scale of 1-10. When asked if they planned to get vaccinated if a vaccine was made available this fall, 49% of all respondents said yes and 51% said no. When asked about public activity while infected, 52% of men said that they were either somewhat or very likely to engage in it, while 43% of women said the same.

Source: Angus Reid Strategies