A new poll from KFF demonstrates that “public trust in the CDC is now at its lowest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.” CIDRAP has the news.
The poll was conducted “in the days after President Donald Trump linked acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism—and said the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine should be separated into three monovalent (single-strain) shots.”
50% of people polled expressed “at least some level of trust,” but only 18% of the over 1,300 adults polled “said they have ‘a great deal’ of trust in the CDC to provide reliable information.” The poll also found that “69% of parents polled said they trust the American Academy of Pediatrics, and 64% of all adults polled said they trust the American Medical Association. Both of those groups have been removed from federal vaccine working groups this year.” In September 2023, “63% of those polled said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the CDC.”
62% of people polled also disapproved of how HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “handles vaccine policy, while only 37% approve. Only 41% ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ approve of how he is handling his job, while 59% disapprove of his job performance.” Also, “seventy percent of parents polled said they oppose removing public school vaccine requirements in their state, and 56% of parents said that getting children vaccinated is part of parents’ responsibility to protect the health of others.”
