Tag: COVID 19 and trust in science

Anonymous crowd of people walking street wearing masks during covid 19 coronavirus pandemic in New York City November 2020

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 7, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science

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American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), Anthony Fauci, Cameron English, COVID 19 and trust in science, Fauci diaries, Lynn Webster, Trust in science}

A Science Education Group Tackles the Fauci Hearing and Diary

_{They have every reason to be concerned about what these revelations about the Covid years are doing to the public perception of science} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 7, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science}

At one time, it was the less well-informed people who trusted science less. But repeated episodes like the Covid Crazy will mean that the better informed people will trust less.

How NOT to Get More People to Trust Science, in Four Easy Lessons

_{Ethan Siegel had the singular bad luck to write his condescending column about how we should Trust the Science more in the very wake of Fauci’s Covid “diaries” coming to light…} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 5, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science}

Siegel’s essay at Big Think can have one very desirable result: It is a good, though unwitting, summary of attitudes that must change if public trust in science is to be improved.

Pew: Post-COVID, Trust in Science Dropped Significantly

_{Most other institutions have taken a hit in trust as well. But what would it take for science in particular to pull out?} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 18, 2023

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Peer Review, Science}

Surely people in science need to recommit themselves to first principles like mathematics as a form of truth and evidence as the basis of biology.