Trump administration officials’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic has sowed distrust in voters about their ability to deliver a safe vaccine and return the country to normal, new polling finds.
Public trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the government agency helping to lead the vaccine and treatment development initiatives, has dropped by 16 points since April, from 83% to 67%, according to polling from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation published Thursday. Trust in Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, has declined about 10 percentage points since April. Support from Republicans has fallen 29 percentage points, down from 77%, while Democrats’ confidence in Fauci has increased from 80% to 86%.
