Public Consensus on Anti-COVID-19 Measures Risks Being Politicized, Says Parthasarathy: Gerald R. Ford School
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 15 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news:
Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy says Americans' consensus belief in the science behind anti-COVID-19 measures is at risk. In an article in Times Higher Education published May 14 entitled "Science 'risks coronavirus backlash' as it is drawn into politics," she says that while the US public still supported social distancing measures "by a large margin" . . .
Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy says Americans' consensus belief in the science behind anti-COVID-19 measures is at risk. In an article in Times Higher Education published May 14 entitled "Science 'risks coronavirus backlash' as it is drawn into politics," she says that while the US public still supported social distancing measures "by a large margin" . . .