Both trust in, and polarization of trust in, relevant sciences have increased through the COVID-19 pandemic.

While attempts to promote acceptance of well-evidenced science have historically focused on increasing scientific knowledge, it is now thought that for acceptance of science, trust in, rather than simply knowledge of, science is foundational. Here we employ the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experim...

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Main Authors: Sofia Radrizzani, Cristina Fonseca, Alison Woollard, Jonathan Pettitt, Laurence D Hurst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278169