, a physician and University of Michigan medical historian, agrees that complete and clear communication from officials is what establishes public trust during an epidemic. He says whenever a country announces there's an epidemic, it stands to lose a lot of money, so there's always an urge to wish it away.
Some of the ugly responses to coronavirus are familiar, he says, when you look to epidemics past — especially the scapegoating and racism."During the early 20th century, when we had 1 to 1.5 million immigrants coming in a year — mostly through the gates of Ellis Island — and epidemics broke out, they were often blamed on East European Jewish immigrants," he says.
It's important that government officials work"to coalesce the population — to make sure that we're all on the same page of what we need to do to keep ourselves and our children and our families safe — our communities safe," he says.
Isn’t it cute how our media are surprised the Trump administration is lying to us about a deadly pandemic? 🖕😡
Because of Trump’s history of bullying people into saying only things he is willing to hear & administration officials generally scrambling to appease his ego I can honestly say I, and many people I know have trouble truly believing anything the folks pictured above have to say.
Feel free to RT
Calling the Koch Right Wing lies 'missteps' is outrageous AND unacceptable. NPR knows exactly who these people are.... having reported on them a few yrs ago. Most the WH, Cabinet, GOP & agencies are Koch RWing people.
We should NOT trust the WH, Cabinet, GOP & many agencies. Almost all of them are Koch RWing people and their intent is to poison the channels of public info and create chaos.
I’m wondering if people like me, getting into the 50+ age bracket with a pre-existing condition should not social distance. Are we better off trying to catch it at the beginning before the health system is so overloaded that they can’t support everyone?
I just don’t understand why we are not testing EVERYONE, regardless 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
People have no trust in our government
MicrobesInfect Further complicated by the lack of a cohesive global policy in fighting COVID19 which makes people doubt the authenticity and validity of their government's strategy forcing them to make individual decisions.
Meemaw570 How can anyone ask to trust trump or pence? They only cover their own asses. I'll trust the WHO, not a friggin hunch from mental midget trump
No wonder Democrats are doing their best to undermine the fight against this virus
Which is an excellent reason politicians like tedlieu need to quit lying & misrepresenting covid19. His actions are endangering lives but he doesn't care b/c he believes his party benefits from his disgusting actions. Dems want chaos in America - they think it wins elections.
The distrust of our government grows every day and is truly, truly a mark of horrendous malfeasance by trump and his minions.
InspiringU2 And we have no trust in those lying asshats in DC or that work for the WH because they've proven over and over again that they're lying if their lips are moving. And that includes MoscowMitch and GaslightGraham
Most people who die from doctor 's mistakes believed and trusted their doctor til the end.
InspiringU2 It’s not just health authorities. It’s the entire Federal Government.
Funny how that works, yeah.
This should have never been placed in the hands of the top government officials. But because we have a man who thinks he’s the CEO of everything, we’re screwed. Vote him out!
MikePerryavatar Wait... if you DO trust that THIS administration is telling the truth then you WILL make irrational decisions... Do I need to remind you about this
No, the government is making decisions that aren't rational. I dig out the info from doctors and scientists. The gov't lies and ignores.
Well stop accepting lies from politicians.
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Uhhh it was at risk before this.
SpiritFoxxx You people are proven liars. Nobody takes you seriously anymore.
Governments, corporation's and organizations can no longer be trusted the only way now, is to turn to trusted individuals and a ton of common sense.
Eventhough you have authorities that send kids to schools known for having coronavirus cases? Or sending kids to school who have parents tested positive? Or continue working in businesses that had cases? Or how about something like tefaf ? Please do think for yourselves as well
I have zero trust in this administration realDonaldTrump zero, none.
carriganbw TrumpsCoronaVirus
As President, I would issue Executive Order now, placing 52 huge tents far away from large communities,which could be temperature controlled, serve as temporary hospitals. It would only take days. Locate in order of priority. It’s cheap. They could be partitioned and used as labs
VP Do you understand now why your duty to let experts manage and communicate through this health crisis is more important than safeguarding Trump's narrative?
The media controls people more than the govt so just look in the mirror
Um you mean authority in general, hard to believe the boy cring wolf, is really in danger when the boy has lied for so many years, Trumpvirus2020
Indeed - doomsday prep going mainstream and police being called about Costco water shortages signal pretty strongly that Americans don’t trust the inept trump administration
I don’t trust a thing they have said. The president doesn’t even seem to comprehend the situation.
Just more reasons to get out and vote Trump out! VoteForJoe
Yeah but have you seen our health care system? Btw, pres says it’s cool to go to work with covid so 👍🏼
I don't think people, in general, trust the government. Seems to be standard for people to assume they're being lied to
What are we going to do CoronaOutbreak
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