That means, on both issues, leadership is crucial to changing attitudes and conquering denial. President Trump has long dismissed climate change as a hoax and worked to roll back environmental regulations. A recent Cornell University study found Mr. Trump was one of the leading sources of coronavirus misinformation in the early months of the pandemic. Mr. Cook noted that when it comes to climate change, however, fewer than 10 percent of Americans are outright dismissive of the science. This means, he said, the solution lies not in persuading those already steeped in science denial, but in inoculating the other 90 percent of the public from scientific disinformation.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2020 16:36 UTC