# Eight-in-ten Americans favor including disease prevention in climate policies

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/eight-in-ten-americans-favor-including-disease-prevention-in-climate-policies/

> Indexed question in Health.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Nov. 14 to 20, 2025, 81% of Americans supported including measures to prevent mosquito- and tick-borne diseases as part of national climate change policies. This includes 47% who strongly support and 34% who somewhat support.

About one in eleven opposed the inclusion (9%), with 5% who somewhat oppose and 4% who strongly oppose. Another 10% said they had no opinion.

## Topline

Would you support or oppose including measures to prevent mosquito- and tick-borne diseases (such as Lyme disease or West Nile Virus) as part of national climate change policies?

81% of Americans favor including disease prevention in climate policies.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly support: 46.8%
- Somewhat support: 34.1%
- No opinion: 10.2%
- Somewhat oppose: 5.3%
- Strongly oppose: 3.6%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: Module 3
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-including-measures-against-mosquito--and-tick-borne-diseases-in-national-climate-change-policies](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-including-measures-against-mosquito--and-tick-borne-diseases-in-national-climate-change-policies)

## Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-including-measures-against-mosquito--and-tick-borne-diseases-in-national-climate-change-policies](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-including-measures-against-mosquito--and-tick-borne-diseases-in-national-climate-change-policies)