Americans’ Ratings of CDC Down After Ebola Crisis: Gallup
From Gallup:
Americans’ Ratings of CDC Down After Ebola Crisis
- No other agencies measured showed a decline in ratings
PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans’ ratings of the job being done by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are down significantly from last year, from 60% saying it is doing an “excellent” or “good” job to 50%. None of the other eight government agencies measured in both years showed a decline.
Americans’ lower job evaluations of the CDC come as the agency continues to deal with the threat posed by the deadly Ebola virus. Although Ebola has largely been confined to Africa, there have been four confirmed cases in the United States, including two nurses assigned to treat the first U.S. Ebola patient in Dallas. The nurses have now recovered but their contracting the virus generated criticism of the government’s response to the threat…
Gallup also says that “Ebola ranks among Americans’ top three healthcare concerns.”