Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: Trust is at an all-time low. Covid made it worse.
, “Unvaccinated Americans are several times more likely to be hospitalized and die and those living in rural areas, as well as conservatives and Republicans, were among the most hesitant to be vaccinated.” As a result, death rates in red states are more than 38 percent higher than in blue states. Red America blames government for closing schools and causing economic turmoil; blue America blames the unvaccinated for willfully risky behavior that has held back recovery from the pandemic.
The phenomenon is happening in other Western democracies, too. More In Common, an international initiative committed to addressing polarization in democratic societies, foundof six European countries: “The long pandemic has left people feeling pessimistic, uncertain and distrustful.
The data strongly suggest that we are emerging from the crisis with lower levels of trust than before. This might account for why Americans seem excessively grouchy and unwilling to credit government for the recovery thus far. And it almost certainly is connected to higher levels of depression and anxiety in our daily lives.
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