And are we at fault for having not developed the proper skills to spread awareness among the population in a language they could understand?

I am genuinely concerned. Today is Covid, tomorrow could be something far more serious — and science will be completely discredited as a means to provide a solution, courtesy of politicians weaponizing research and appealing to specialists in order to shut down political opposition rather than proposing solutions.

I genuinely want to make science respectable among the population and have been reading works on scientific literacy and spreading scientific knowledge outside of PTP circles.

So far my most recommended researcher is Lievrouw because he nails down all the forms of scientific education.