on Who wants to listen to news anchors spout off a bunch of percentages and rates of change without any context? No one. No one wants that. Communication about numbers has been a struggle during this crisis, and it has not exactly gotten better over time. If there are any cardinal rules in communicating during a… Continue Reading Panic & Percentages
on Disaster declaration, state of emergency, public health crisis. It’s a big ol’ mess. Between all the legal acts, the paperwork, the bureaucracy, it’s tough to unravel how exactly US disaster response works. Government officials and public personalities are talking about declarations and executive orders and the like as if everyone is supposed to actually know… Continue Reading Disasters, Emergencies, Public Health, Oh My!