Creating standards that are easily adoptable, like measuring cases and deaths for COVID, will be really important when we’re trying to do the hard work of eradicating poverty and improving climate conditions. The big question is, are policymakers willing to do it?”  

Beth Blauer, Associate Vice Provost for Public Sector Innovation and Executive Director, Centers for Civic Impact, on lessons learned from COVID-19 data dashboards about communicating science in a crisis.

Nature, March 23, 2022