The public do not understand logarithmic graphs used to portray COVID-19: Mass media routinely portray information about COVID-19 deaths on logarithmic graphs. But do their readers understand them? (...)
Consequently, merely changing the scale on which the data is presented can alter public policy preferences and the level of worry, even at a time when people are routinely exposed to a lot of COVID-19 related information. Based on these findings, they call for the use of linear scale graphs by media and government agencies.
