Coronavirus: Understanding it is as easy as fourth grade math
Many of us are afraid of numbers to begin with. If we add those worries to our fears of a lethal virus, we can quickly understand why restoring numerical context is essential.
Anais, a student at the International Bilingual School (EIB), attends her online lessons in her bedroom in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 20, 2020.(photo credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES/FILE PHOTO)ByBENJAMIN W. CORN