Beyond politics: additional factors underlying skepticism of a COVID-19 vaccine

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43 (1):1-4 (2021)
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Even before it had been developed there had already been skepticism among the general public concerning a vaccine for COVID-19. What are the factors that drive this skepticism? While much has been said about how political differences are at play, in this article I draw attention to two additional factors that have not received as much attention: witnessing the fallibility of the scientific process play out in real time, and a perceived breakdown of the distinction between experts and non-experts.

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Kenneth Boyd
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Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal.Heather Douglas - 2009 - University of Pittsburgh Press.
Why trust science?Naomi Oreskes - 2019 - Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

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