Survey outlines varying levels of trust in US public health agencies' pandemic-related information

Survey reveals low trust in US public health agency information amid pandemic CIDRAP

More than a third of US adults said they trusted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide quality health information during the COVID-19 pandemic, while a quarter trusted state and local health departments, and 10% said they had no trust at all in these agencies, according to the first nationally representative survey on the public's faith in sources of health information.

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High levels of trust in the CDC weren't due to a belief that the agency had "done a good job" mitigating COVID-19 transmission (49%) but rather to beliefs that it followed scientifically valid research (94%), provided resources such as tests and vaccines (83%), and gave clear recommendations on ways to prevent infection (79%).

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