03.12.2020 - By Oregon Public Broadcasting
Ellen Peters says her job is to help make complex science useful to people, providing important data for evidence-based policies. She directs the University of Oregon’s Center for Science Communication Research, and is currently studying how people are giving and receiving messages about the new coronavirus. Peters joins us to talk about some science communication best practices, and why it’s not a good idea for people to obsess over the daily COVID-19 case numbers.