ERC boss: scientists not the ones to defeat science scepticism

Media needs better access to scientists to improve trust, says European Research Council’s Maria Leptin

Scientists themselves cannot defeat the scepticism of science that has hampered uptake of Covid-19 vaccines, according to one of Europe’s leading scientific representatives.

Efforts to explain risk and how research works increased during the pandemic, but surveys have shown that a significant proportion of the public still does not trust scientists.