Six of six of the 10 Americans identified as Republicans do not trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide reliable information about H5N1 avian influenza. New polls From Healthcare Non-Profit KFF.
The CDC has confirmed 70 cases of the human virus since 2022, with one person dying of a severe illness in January.
Officials say the health risks of the virus for most people remain low, but public health researchers are worried about the virus and its mutations
Regardless of political affiliation, around six out of 10 adults said they believe the CDC provides accurate information about the virus. Those identified as democratic survey candidates and independents were more likely to trust institutional information than Republicans.
When asked how much the CDC trusts them to provide reliable information about avian flu in the survey, 18% of adults who identified as Republicans said they didn't have “at least” and 39% said they didn't have that.
When asked about the same thing, 9% of democratic surveyors said they had “nothing” and 19% said they had “not much.”
Meanwhile, 27% of American adults who identified as independents in total respondents responded “nothing” or “not that much” when asked how much they trusted CDC information about avian flu.
Polls have found that most Americans don't know what official recommendations are to prevent the spread of avian flu.
Agent I recommend it Avoid contact with diseased or dead animals and do not consume raw or raw milk, especially if they come from animals that have or are suspected of having or are suspected of having the avian flu.
Approximately four of the 10 adults should avoid close contact with diseased animals to minimize the risk of contracting avian flu, and 30% should not consume raw or raw milk. However, polls show that half of adults are not sure if these measures are official recommendations from the CDC.
The survey of almost 4,000 people was conducted online and over the phone between February 18th and 25th.
