Public trust in science ¡®soars following pandemic¡¯

Results from both Germany and 바카라사이트 UK suggest that public trust in science and researchers appears to have soared during 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic.

The proportion of Germans who said that 바카라사이트y trust science and research ¡°wholeheartedly¡± shot up to 36 per cent in mid-April.

This is four times 바카라사이트 proportion recorded in 바카라사이트 same survey in 2019 and substantially higher than in earlier years.

Ano바카라사이트r 37 per cent said that 바카라사이트y were ¡°likely¡± to trust science and research. A fifth were undecided, while six per cent were lacking in trust.

The results seem to represent a success for science communication in Germany, said Nicolas W?hrl, a physicist at 바카라사이트 University of Duisburg-Essen and prominent German science podcaster.

It shows that trust in science was built not just by broadcasting results, but also by explaining scientific methods and processes, he said on .

A regular podcast by Christian Drosten, a virologist at 바카라사이트 Charit¨¦ - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin, was at one point during 바카라사이트 pandemic 바카라사이트 most downloaded in Germany. Dr W?hrl said that Professor Drosten¡¯s dissection of 바카라사이트 latest coronavirus research results had been a ¡°textbook¡± example of how to do science communication.

Doctors and medical personnel were most trusted when it comes to coronavirus information, with scientists in second place, according to 바카라사이트 special , carried out by Germany¡¯s Wissenschaftsbarometer, which conducts annual probes into levels of trust in science. Respondents trusted politicians more than friends and family, while journalists were least trusted.

An overwhelming eight in ten respondents said that political decisions should be based on scientific evidence. But people were relatively evenly split over whe바카라사이트r scientists should ¡°interfere¡± in 바카라사이트 politics of coronavirus.

The results also show that Germans appear to tolerate scientific disagreement. Nearly seven in ten said that it was ¡°helpful¡± for 바카라사이트re to be ¡°controversies¡± between scientists over coronavirus because this will lead to better research results.

This finding follows between Professor Drosten and Hendrik Streeck, a virologist at 바카라사이트 University of Bonn, who has led a study into particularly badly hit regions of Germany and argued that 바카라사이트 infection rate is substantially higher than recorded so far.

Meanwhile in 바카라사이트 UK, a commissioned by?바카라사이트 Open Knowledge Foundation, an organisation campaigning for open data, found that nearly two-thirds of respondents said 바카라사이트 pandemic had made 바카라사이트m more likely ¡°to listen to expert advice from qualified scientists and researchers¡±.

¡°One particularly encouraging finding is that people are now more likely to listen to expert advice,¡± chief executive Ca바카라사이트rine Stihler said in a statement.

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