Renewed Trust in Public Health Agencies Lies in a Return to Science, Not Special Interests
This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Michael Chamberlain
Real Clear Wire
Among the direst casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is Americans’ trust in public health authorities. According to a Pew Research poll, prior to the pandemic more than three-quarters of adults rated “public health officials – such as those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” as doing an excellent or good job. Now just a little over half rate them so highly. Among some groups, it’s far lower. As new CDC Director Mandy Cohen has acknowledged, “Trust is easily broken and, as folks know, trust takes time to rebuild.”
For citizens to trust the public health establishment,
