Survey Says... Pandemic Has Eroded Americans’ Trust In Experts and Elected Leaders

[TrappedinCalifornia]

Ya think... The pandemic has eroded Americans’ trust in experts and elected leaders alike, a survey finds. (Here's the Yahoo version if you're now running into a paywall.)

As the coronavirus pandemic entered its third year, the American public had lost much of its trust both in public health experts and in government leaders, and was less worried than before about Covid-19, according to a survey conducted in early May and released Thursday by the Pew Research Center...

The survey found a wide partisan gap in attitudes. Overall, 52 percent of respondents said that public health officials had done an excellent or good job at managing the pandemic. But while 72 percent of Democrats in the survey said they felt that way, only 29 percent of Republicans did...

The survey found very wide partisan gaps in attitudes toward all those preventive measures, especially mask-wearing, with Republicans far more likely than Democrats to say they did little or no good...

[tsmithson]

[Wherryj]

The way that the entire medical "authority" establishment has handled the pandemic has caused me to doubt EVERYTHING they do from now on. The FDA is obviously co-opted, working with the pharm industry to increase profits rather than actually watching products for efficacy and safety. The CDC obviously just goes along with the administration's agenda-you want to swing an election? Sure, we'll help by closing down society with bogus medical information!

It has also exposed state medical boards and medical specialty societies. They have threatened and taken action against anyone who doesn't follow the party line (literally, the Democrat Party line) and dares to ask questions-something that has ALWAYS been integral to medicine.

[Dooligan]

[bigbossman]

Lol. I wouldn't trust his opinion in his chosen profession....... Whatever that is.

[OlderThanDirt]

Still zero, eh?

[M76]

Lefturds never acknowledge the fact that lefturd pols are authoritarians.

First, we should recognize that much of “the science” that gets filtered down to us through the media, experts and public officials comes from people who are as self-interested or politically motivated as you and me.

https://www.mackinac.org/how-to-decide-what-science-is-real

[the_tunaman]

We’re nearly doomed.

[TrappedinCalifornia]

We’re nearly doomed.

Well... If you listen to the critics/experts in relation to our ability to respond in the event of a 'pandemic,' we currently are...

The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say

As epidemics go, the monkeypox outbreak should have been relatively easy to snuff out. The virus does not spread efficiently except through intimate contact, and tests and vaccines were at hand even before the current outbreak.

Yet the response in the United States has been sluggish and timid, reminiscent of the early days of the Covid pandemic, experts say, raising troubling questions about the nation’s preparedness for pandemic threats...

Even as the coronavirus pandemic drags into its third year, the public health system in the United States remains a hamstrung patchwork, an underfunded bureaucracy seemingly incapable of swift and forceful action. Its shortcomings have persisted for decades, through many administrations...

The global monkeypox toll has surpassed 8,100 cases, mostly men who have sex with men, and about as many potential cases are under investigation. Many of those patients cannot identify the source of their infections, suggesting that there is significant community transmission.

In the United States, the C.D.C. has found at least two versions of the virus, indicating at least two parallel chains of transmission...

If monkeypox can’t be contained, it may become a permanent threat, especially among men who have sex with men. “The fear is that this will become entrenched as an S.T.I., you know, just like, say, syphilis is, or H.I.V. for that matter,” Dr. Varma said.

“Without a lot of high quality sexual health services, you’re never going to be able to control it, because you won’t identify people fast enough,” he added...

See? All it takes is money to the right pockets to avoid 'doomsday,' this time, for now, until...

Oh, wait. Would that fall under the category of a distrust in our experts and the System that's in place? Shame on me.

[Dan_Eastvale]

I am certain the majority of people including Democrats have much less trust in the powers to be.
The vast majority of Americans not wearing masks in airports and planes.
US DOJ likely gave up trying to reenforce masks.

Just need to stop companies and universities from enforcing vax.

[LBDamned]

Navigate deceit.

[Wordupmybrotha]

I used to trust government health agencies, but not anymore. Thanks Fauci

[sigfan91]

The global monkeypox toll has surpassed 8,100 cases

Hilarious! That comes out to be 0.0001% of the population being infected. Quick, we need a tax and an authoritarian government to keep us safe from this.

If monkeypox can’t be contained, it may become a permanent threat, especially among men who have sex with men.

Ahem....no comment.

[ENTHUSIAST]

If monkeypox can’t be contained, it may become a permanent threat, especially among men who have sex with men.

Atheists don’t understand when it is time to step out of the way of God’s will.

[theLBC]