It shouldn’t be too much to ask that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handle a pandemic with some level of competence. But the CDC failed to do that over the last two years, and people have noticed.

A CBS poll on COVID-19 found that 43% of independents think the CDC made the last two years worse, while 39% think it made things better. Republicans gave the CDC the thumbs down 61% compared to 24% who thought they did OK, while Democrats approved of the CDC’s handling of the pandemic 70% compared to 16% who did not.