Public trust in science soared in pandemic, says global survey

Rendez vous with professor Didier Raoult the director of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) Mediterranean infection in Marseille, infectious disease specialist in tropical infectious diseases.

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#1 Submitted by ... on November 29, 2021 - 4:36pm

So have people still "had enough of experts", Michael Gove?

Public trust in science soared in pandemic, says global survey

Trust in scientists rose in the UK at a faster rate than the global average during the pandemic, Wellcome Trust finds

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Trust in scientists rose in the UK at a faster rate than the global average during the pandemic, Wellcome Trust finds

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