About one-quarter of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's health recommendations 'not very much' or 'not at all,' according to a new survey co-authored by the agency's researchers.
About one-quarter of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's health recommendations"not very much" or"not at all," according to a new survey co-authored by the agency's researchers, four times worse than for doctors and nurses.
State and local elected officials scored worst on the survey, with only about one in 10 Americans saying they trusted their health recommendations"a great deal," and about a third saying they trusted them"somewhat." The survey is not the first to find most Americans stating they have at least some trust in the CDC's recommendations.last year found one-third of Americans saying they trusted public health information and news from the CDC either"not much" or"not at all." from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that around 20% of Americans surveyed said they trusted the CDC's health recommendations"not very much" or"not at all.
Among Americans who said they lacked trust in the CDC's information about COVID-19, the Health Affairs survey found that concerns over political influence and conflicting recommendations were cited by more than 70% of those who distrusted the agency.
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