When and why did significant segments of the American public lose confidence in the integrity of the nation’s medical professionals?

As recently as December 2020, with the United States in the throes of a devastating pandemic, surveys showed trust in doctors and nurses reaching record highs. A Gallup poll at the time reported: “At the end of a year when medical workers have braved exposure to the coronavirus to provide life-saving care, Americans have become more likely to laud the honesty and ethics of nurses, medical doctors and pharmacists.” In fact, nurses received the top score ever registered for any profession, with 89 percent judging their “honesty” and “ethics” as “very high” or “high.” By way of comparison, only 12 percent of Americans gave similar approval to members of Congress…Read the full column at Newsweek.com