In your experience, how has the level of public trust in science in your field changed over the past decade?

Answer Explanations

• Slightly improved

  user-767602
  Albeit, today is better than yesterday.
• Significantly improved

  user-386180
  People are becoming very interested to know the scientific facts behind events
  
  
• Remained the same

  user-973967
  The public is still incredibly ignorant on the general principles of pharmacological and toxicological scientific tenets, e.g., dose-response, temporality, peer-review (with all of its causation elements), etc., while being misled by the activist community (Legal, media, Govt. Agencies, Academia) into accepting poor policies and decision making.
• Slightly improved

  user-929894
  In cancer research.
• Significantly eroded

  user-861466
  Especially in the US there is much misinformation, even from prominent people
• Remained the same

  user-887652
  Participants in my field make intuitively appealing claims that are well publicized and mostly dubious. 
• Significantly eroded

  user-572152
  As the number of social media platforms has grown, so have the number of unverified claims by non-experts or so-called experts.
• Significantly improved

  user-124276
  Past findings have already made its job done so today's findings are just to emphasize and bring an upgradation.
• Significantly improved

  user-683654
  Many more people are trusting doctors and drugs for their health than before. 
• Slightly eroded

  user-536777
  Due to COVID, some people do not believe on WHO nor other organisations anymore.
• Significantly improved

  user-595309
  I have come to understand the scope behind science 
• Slightly improved

  user-813332
  COVID has given the field of epidemioogy respect.
• Significantly eroded

  user-858214
  Covid -19 broke the public spine
• Slightly eroded

  user-618853
  In my experience, the level of public trust in science within the field of cardiology has slightly eroded over the past decade. While advancements in treatments and technologies have generally improved patient outcomes, there has been a growing skepticism fueled by misinformation and conflicting health advice. Additionally, high-profile debates over medical guidelines and concerns about the influence of industry on research have contributed to a gradual decline in trust. Despite this, many patients still rely on evidence-based practices, though with increasing caution and scrutiny.
• Significantly eroded

  user-417361
  After the pandemic, a significant portion of public opinion blamed the scientific community for the restrictions imposed in Argentina in 2020 and 2021. The economic impact of the restrictions was very high. 
• Significantly improved

  user-225825
  As the experimental research has been successfully applied to day today analysis, my invention is commercialized by manufacturing industry. 
• Remained the same

  user-256934
   It is not necessarily a topic that has been under scrutiny or in the public eye a lot. 
• Significantly improved

  user-648091
  Conseqent to gradually increasing bilateral scientific debates, dialogues and understanding and thus uplifting the level of public tust in my field of research.
• Significantly eroded

  user-990236
  See answer 2
• Slightly eroded

  user-573627
  Mostly due to misreporting and political manipulation and distortion of facts.
• Significantly eroded

  user-381665
  The number of people that openly attack medicine and vaccines has increased a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Significantly improved

  user-119895
  due to the participation of people in social media, the data integrity is improved.
• Remained the same

  user-852681
  
  In my opinion, I have observed ups and downs in public trust, but I believe that if you look at two isolated points from the last decade until now, little has changed.
• Significantly improved

  user-430170
  Number of enrollments in higher institutions of learning have increase  
• Remained the same

  user-775300
  Mabe we need always to progress
• Slightly eroded

  user-341363
  It mostly hapoens during hard time (pandemy, disaster etc). Soon the problem solved the level of trust goes back up.
• Significantly eroded

  user-561710
  it's catastrophic
• Significantly eroded

  user-506195
  Patients now question the effectiveness of vaccines, of correct diagnosis (claiming they found the answer on Google or AI)
• Significantly eroded

  user-589243
  It is obvious. And furthermore, it is logical. The way the so-called medicine is being done. What a horror!
• Significantly improved

  user-808394
  Especially after COVID-19, peoples faith in science has significantly improved.  
• Slightly improved

  user-153305
  1.  Better education in basic scientific knowledge beginning at early levels in elementary school
  2.  Educating the media; media articles are widely read and often are highly inaccurate