Americans’ trust in medical scientists has grown since the coronavirus outbreak first upended everyday activities at workplaces, homes and schools across the nation. But there are growing divisions between Republicans and Democrats in the confidence they have in medical scientists. These partisan divides extend to perceptions of the risk posed by the novel coronavirus to public health and to views on measures to control the spread of COVID-19. CONT.
Cary Funk & Alec Tyson (Pew), Scientific American
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