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Ms. McGarr, who teaches at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is often acerbic about her subjects but notes that they were “awash in patriotic fervor at the same time that they were distrustful and cynical.”

She also noted a lack of public health outreach to communities that have been hesitant or distrustful of vaccines.

Researchers suggest that voters who are distrustful of mainstream institutions—including pollsters—are less likely to respond to surveys.

Patients leave angrier, more rigid and more distrustful of their neighbors.

The demand for ethically produced eggs continues to grow as consumers become more distrustful of conventional egg supplies, especially following the spread of avian flu in recent years.