French trust in science drops as coronavirus backlash begins

More than a third of the public now believe scientists are hiding information – confusion over masks and broadsides from a ‘populist’ microbiologist are blamed

Published on
June 8, 2020
Last updated
June 10, 2020
David Matthews
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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Controversial: Didier Raoult ‘acts as if the “people” determine scientific truth’
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