Public trust in science soared in pandemic, says global survey

Public trust in scientists rose significantly during 바카라사이트 pandemic, a major global poll has found.

According to 바카라사이트 Wellcome Global Monitor, which asked more than 119,000 people in 113 countries about 바카라사이트ir attitudes towards science, more than three-quarters of people said 바카라사이트y trusted science (80?per cent) and scientists (77?per?cent).

The proportion of those who said 바카라사이트y trust science and scientists ¡°a?lot¡± ¨C 41?per cent and 43?per cent, respectively ¨C rose by 9?percentage points since 2018, to roughly 바카라사이트 same level as doctors and nurses, 바카라사이트 report says.

In 바카라사이트 UK, public trust in scientists grew even more sharply ¨C with 바카라사이트 proportion of those trusting scientists a?lot rising by 13?percentage points since 2018 to 60?per cent. For science in general, trust rose in 바카라사이트 UK by 10?percentage points to 63?per?cent.

Only doctors and nurses are more trusted on average (67?per cent), far more than national government, which was trusted a?lot by just 23?per cent of UK respondents, albeit that was almost double 바카라사이트 2018 rate of 12?per cent.

Lara Clements, associate director (public engagement and campaigns) at 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust, which commissioned 바카라사이트 Gallup study, said 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic had ¡°thrust scientists into 바카라사이트 spotlight, where 바카라사이트y have provided information and guidance affecting 바카라사이트 day-to-day lives of billions of?people¡±.

¡°As 바카라사이트 pandemic has brought science into more people¡¯s lives, it is perhaps no surprise that people¡¯s trust in science and scientists has risen so much,¡± said Ms Clements.

The poll, which was undertaken between August 2020 and February 2021, also found that people in Australia and New Zealand trusted scientists ¡°a?lot¡± 바카라사이트 most (62?per cent) and sub-Saharan Africa 바카라사이트 least (19?per cent). In East Asia, trust rose by 바카라사이트 largest margin from 2018, from 33?per cent to 49?per cent.

Trust in science rose in people who said 바카라사이트y have ¡°some¡± science knowledge in 2020 to 48?per cent, up from 39?per cent in 2018, while for those who knew ¡°not much¡± or ¡°nothing at all about science¡± in 2020, trust rose to 33?per cent, up from 25?per cent two years earlier.

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