Nobelists: scientists ‘circled the wagons’ over coronavirus threat

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Policy experts express fears that public and politicians will hold scientists responsible for the economic and social damage of lockdown

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By Jack Grove

16 March

Nobelists: scientists ‘circled the wagons’ over coronavirus threat

Prizewinners argue that researchers have ‘stuck to a line’ about the pandemic’s danger in order to get politicians to listen – risking open debate

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Nobelists: scientists ‘circled the wagons’ over coronavirus threat

Prizewinners argue that researchers have ‘stuck to a line’ about the pandemic’s danger in order to get politicians to listen – risking open debate

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Related articles

Coronavirus: French trust in science drops

Public trust in scientists ‘will decline in wake of Covid-19’

Science ‘risks coronavirus backlash’ as it is drawn into politics

Will the coronavirus crisis renew public trust in science?

Related universities

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of Melbourne

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