PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS LOSE TRUST DURING PANDEMIC Percent trust Percent who agree Global 11 Global 27 Distrust Neutral Trust 46% -5 -5 pts pts 69 62 It has been difficult for them National health World Health to find reliable and trustworthy authorities Change, Organization Change, information about the virus and May 2020 to May 2020 to its effects Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. CV1_Q3. Please indicate your level of agreement with the statements below using a nine-point scale where one means “strongly disagree” and nine means “strongly agree”. 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, 27-market avg. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Attributes shown to half of the sample. General population, 11-mkt avg. 17