4/30 Question

4/30 Question

by Valeria Pott -
Number of replies: 1

My research paper is about the infodemic and how it’s effecting the pandemic. And one of the things I have encountered is the distrust people feel when official don’t say the same thing when addressing the concerns of the pandemic. But discord shows up in two fields: politics and science. So, this just made me think on whether the public would be more angry over scientist disagreeing or over politicians disagreeing over these matters.

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Re: 4/30 Question

by Barbara Christie-Pope -

probably distrust of either.  a coherent story is crucial but lacking here on behalf of scientists and politicians.  Also, politicians are used to talking with people; scientists really are not.  We live in our laboratories and talk to each other, often forgetting our goal is to understand life.