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: Received: 4 February 2023 / Approved: 7 February 2023 / Online: 7 February 2023 (02:39:30 CET)
How to cite:
Halma, M.; Guetzkow, J. Public Health Needs the Public Trust: A Pandemic Retrospective. Preprints2023, 2023020111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0111.v1
Halma, M.; Guetzkow, J. Public Health Needs the Public Trust: A Pandemic Retrospective. Preprints 2023, 2023020111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0111.v1
Halma, M.; Guetzkow, J. Public Health Needs the Public Trust: A Pandemic Retrospective. Preprints2023, 2023020111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0111.v1
APA Style
Halma, M., & Guetzkow, J. (2023). Public Health Needs the Public Trust: A Pandemic Retrospective. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0111.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Halma, M. and Joshua Guetzkow. 2023 "Public Health Needs the Public Trust: A Pandemic Retrospective" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0111.v1
Abstract
Public trust in science was tested and relied on during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which has shaped global events since the WHO declaration in March 11, 2020. Public trust has been impacted through the government recommendations and mandates informed by public health guidance, including non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical interventions. The free-flow of ideas and in-formation so essential to the functioning of science has faced unprecedented challenge from widespread censorship in both the media and in scientific journals. This has created a poisoned environment for the building of trust between science and society. Scientific norms and ac-countability must be restored in order to rebuild the vital relationship between scientists and the public they serve.
Keywords
Public Health; Public Trust; Science Communication; Pedagogy; Citizen Science; Stakeholders; Informed Consent; Uncertainty Communication
Subject
Social Sciences, Political Science
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
