- US public’s trust in scientists reverts to pre-pandemic levels https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/us-publics-trust-in-scientists-reverts-to-pre-pandemic-levels/ 40 comments politics
- Can the Public Be Trusted in a Pandemic? https://www.wired.com/story/hed-can-the-public-be-trusted-in-a-pandemic/ 27 comments politics
- Public trust of physicians in China improved since the COVID-19 pandemic Began https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027795362300059X 6 comments science
- Fauci says public should trust 'respected medical authorities' during coronavirus pandemic https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fauci-says-public-should-trust-respected-medical-authorities-during-coronavirus-pandemic 12 comments politics
- Public trust in physicians and hospitals has plummeted since the COVID-19 pandemic, going from 71.5% in April 2020 to 40.1% in January 2024. https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/08/07/trust-in-physicians-hospitals-research/ 75 comments science
- Public trust plummets in Britain’s handling of pandemic, new poll reveals https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/trust-wanes-in-uk-ministers-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic-poll 4 comments europe
- European governments have struggled to manage the pandemic well and maintain public trust, finds an analysis of the handling of the COVID-19 crisis by Germany, Sweden, and the UK, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/936737 6 comments science
- Researchers identify ‘Cummings effect’ undermining public trust in UK government during lockdown: Boris Johnson’s handling of his top aide breaking lockdown had “negative and lasting consequences” for the public’s trust in the government during the coronavirus pandemic, researchers have established. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-cummings-effect-trust-coronavirus-covid-19-durham-barnard-castle-a9658411.html 6 comments worldnews
- Mind the Trust Gap - The story of scarce face masks during a pandemic points to a greater failing: Government has placed corporate greed above the public good. https://prospect.org/power/mind-the-trust-gap-coronavirus-government-fail/ 31 comments politics
- Coronavirus: Joe Biden to sign executive actions aimed at ending pandemic. Biden administration’s new strategy is based around seven major goals, including restoring public trust in government efforts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/21/joe-biden-executive-actions-coronavirus-pandemic 7 comments politics
- Biden tweet from exactly one year ago warns US is ‘not prepared’ for a pandemic. ‘We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilises the world to stop outbreaks,’ former vice president wrote. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/biden-pandemic-tweet-coronavirus-trump-administration-failures-b1318350.html 164 comments politics
- Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden's White House bid: Poll | Public preference for Biden in trust to handle the pandemic has soared. https://abcnews.go.com/politics/pandemic-surge-damages-trump-boosting-bidens-white-house/story?id=71779431 84 comments politics
- Surveys conducted in Germany suggest that public trust in science rose after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262823 8 comments science
- How Covid-19 pandemic impacted global trust in government. While restrictions initially increased public trust, the more they went on the further they impacted people’s social freedoms causing stress, anxiety and even resentment, and sparking a distrust in the government. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940192 117 comments science
- In the aftermath of the pandemic, the U.S. public health system must focus on critical questions of accountability, politicization and updating data systems if it is to do its job well and maintain the trust of the American people, according to a new report from the Colorado School of Public Health https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/public-health-researchers-detail-way-forward-post-pandemic 8 comments science
- Far Right Germans Try to Storm Reichstag as Virus Protests Escalate: Germany has handled the pandemic well and its government enjoys high public trust. But the minority opposing coronavirus rules includes a far-right faction that worries officials. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/world/europe/reichstag-germany-neonazi-coronavirus.html 113 comments europe