Seven in 10 Have a Favorable View of the CDC
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James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(WASHINGTON) — During the midst of last fall’s panic in the U.S. over Ebola, there was a lot of grumbling about how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seemed to have dropped the ball in its response to the possible spread of the deadly virus.
However, after all is said and done, the CDC still comes on top when 1,500 adults were asked their opinions about various government agencies in a new Pew Research Center poll.
Seventy percent of respondents expressed a favorable view of the CDC, which has come under some recent fire over the relative ineffectiveness of a vaccine used to battle this winter’s flu epidemic. Meanwhile, 23 percent of Americans said they have an unfavorable view of the CDC.
Two federal agencies, NASA and the Defense Department, also received favorable marks of 68 percent and 65 percent respectively.
Of the eight agencies reviewed, only the Internal Revenue Service was reviewed more disfavorably than favorably, 48 percent to 45 percent.
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