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Fall has not played out as predicted by the Public Health Agency and other responsible parties. The infection is spreading again widely, the death toll in covid-19 is approaching 8,000 and medical personnel are on their knees.
This leaves a strong impression on the DN / Ipsos survey, where the questions refer to confidence in society’s ability to handle the pandemic.
In December, only 34 percent responded that they have great confidence in the authorities in general. This is the lowest price since the measurements began in March and represents a run of 22 percentage points since September.
Nicklas Källebring is an opinion analyst at Ipsos.
– I interpret these figures as a sign of less confidence in the whole. We can see declining numbers for individual actors, but my conclusion is that this particular assessment refers to trust in the entire public society as a whole, he says.
DN / Ipsos has asked questions if several specific authorities and the loss is also visible there. The share with great confidence in the Swedish Public Health Agency, the most central player, has fallen from 68 percent in October to 52 in December, the lowest estimate to date. Even state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell personally gets the lowest confidence figures yet, 59 percent compared to 72 in October.
In other words, there is still a majority who still trust these actors. However, this does not apply to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and the National Board of Health and Welfare, which are furious at the new lower quotes.
– Confidence is in a downward spiral. The great risk is that if trust in the authorities disappears, fewer people will listen to the advice and recommendations they give. It can have real life-threatening consequences, says Nicklas Källebring.
The reports are leaking about how care workers are being pressured by overtime and that patient vacancies are starting to run out. Most are still confident that healthcare is up to the pressure, but the proportion with high confidence has dropped from 67 to 57 percent between September and December. At the same time, eight in ten say they are concerned about the burden on healthcare.
Elderly care receives a new lower rating with a confidence level of 12 percent. It is a fact that the investigation was completed before the Corona Commission came along with its harsh criticism of how the government and others in charge handled the care of the elderly.
The fear that you or someone close to you will be infected remains about the same level as before. The same applies to the proportion of people concerned about the economic consequences of the pandemic. The level of concern about the inadequacy of the authorities’ measures is also stagnant.
– It could have been expected to increase, but it may be a matter of time before declining trust in the authorities has an impact there, says Nicklas Källebring.
Voter ratings of the government’s ability to cope with the pandemic are also declining. The proportion feeling highly confident has dropped to 31 percent, compared with a peak of 50 in May. But only 12 percent are satisfied with how the opposition has acted during the crisis.
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