Study shows trust in doctors fell during COVID-19 pandemic

The number of people who trust doctors dropped steeply during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says.

Worse, those who lost their faith in medicine are less likely to get vaccinated against COVID or the flu, researchers found.

"Trust in physicians and hospitals can be critical for public health, and restoring the trust that was lost during the pandemic will need to target multiple possible contributors to mistrust," lead researcher Dr. Roy Perlis, director of the Center for Quantitative Health at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a news release.