Five Reasons Public Health
Experts Have Lost Credibility
From the American Council on Science and
Health
July 16, 2020
“Of all the things we have lost this
year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – from the people we love to the jobs that
put food on the table – one of the more pernicious is the loss of faith and
confidence that Americans have in their public health institutions. How did it
happen?
“It’s not simply a matter of being
wrong. It’s okay to be wrong, especially when confronted by a
situation in
which confusing and contradictory evidence changes on a daily basis. As long as
experts admit to being wrong and can explain why, trust can actually increase
because the public appreciates transparency.
“A loss of credibility, therefore,
happens for other reasons. In the case of coronavirus, we believe there are
five reasons: Incompetence, waffling, moving the goalposts, disregarding
unintended consequences, and being political.”
-- By Alex Berezow, PhD and Josh Bloom
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