Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans have a great deal of trust in the Food and Drug Administration or pharmaceutical companies to look out for their interests, in the latest installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

Why it matters: This two-headed credibility crisis — over the medicine that’s supposed to keep us safe and the regulators tasked with ensuring it does — shows how difficult it may be to get Americans to converge around a vaccine when the time comes.

• This also underscores the dangers of politicizing government agencies tasked with administering science and protecting the public.

What they’re saying: “It’s going to be hard for the authorities to communicate what people should be doing and how to be doing it,” said pollster Chris Jackson, senior vice president for Ipsos Public Affairs.

• “There’s going to be a huge organizational challenge in how do we get people pulling in the same direction — because nobody’s really trusted.”