The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing

image: Measuring latent scientific trust in the mass public.
A: Latent scientific trust as measured by factor analysis. B: Distribution of latent scientific trust by race.

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Kazemian et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0)

Trust in science - but not trust in politicians or the media - significantly raises support across US racial groups for COVID-19 social distancing.

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