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Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response

In: COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later

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  • Resnick, Danielle

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In April 2020, Tanzania’s prime minister made a simple plea: “Tanzanians should maintain trust in the government. You should continue to trust our experts who are behind every decision we make.†A month later, the country’s then president, John Magufuli, fired the head of its national COVID-19 test laboratory and committed to importing an untested herbal tonic from Madagascar that was controversially touted as a cure for the novel coronavirus despite scientists’ worries that it could lead to drug-resistant malaria.

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  • Resnick, Danielle, 2022. "Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response," IFPRI book chapters, in: COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, chapter 29, pages 180-184, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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