May 2021
LATEST POLL with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: “The Public’s Perspective on the United States Public Health System”
Media Coverage 5/13/21
NPR: “Poll Finds Public Health has a Trust Problem”
New York Times: “Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the C.D.C. said.” PDF linked HERE
Boston Globe: “Harvard poll: Americans skeptical of CDC amid COVID-19 pandemic” PDF Linked Here
Boston Globe: “Americans are skeptical of the CDC, Harvard poll shows” PDF Linked Here
The Hill (Morning Report): Americans trust nurses, healthcare workers and doctors they know more than the CDC, state and local health departments, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration, according to a survey released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The findings underscore some of the pandemic challenges faced by federal and state governments.
POLITICO: “Americans Favor Big Investments in Public Health“ PDF Linked Here
Kaiser Health News Morning Briefing: “CDC and FDA Trusted by Only Half of Americans”
The Philadelphia Inquirer: “Biden announces $7.4 billion to hire more public-health workers amid pandemic” PDF Linked HERE
USA Today: “Many Americans don’t trust their public health system during COVID-19 pandemic, survey shows”
American Journal Managed Care News: “Trust in Public Health Agencies Diminished”
Indianapolis Star:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health News: “Public supports substantial increase in spending on U.S. public health, but has concerns about how the system functions now”
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Global News Now: Confidence Lost, PDF Linked HERE
WebMD News Brief: “Poll Shows Low Trust in U.S. Public Health Systems”
The Hill Op-Ed:” Nearly half of Americans don’t trust CDC and FDA — that’s a problem” PDF Linked HERE
Dr. Robert Blendon as heard on:
BBC World News Radio (NPR story)
North Carolina News Network 5/13/21
Toledo, OH | WFIN-AM
St. Louis, MO | KMOX-AM
Topeka, KS | KFRM-AM/ 100.9 KCLY-FM
