Health Expertise and Covid-19 Managing the Fear Factor

As Covid-19 raced across the globe, the leaders of almost every country were forced to rely on their health experts. Scientists and health advisors suddenly began appearing at the news conferences of the prime minister and premiers. Almost overnight, science went from the voice of inconvenient truths, to becoming a critical buttress to political authority. Yet how did this transformation take place, and what might it say about the future of trust in politics?