Towards a viable response to COVID-19 from the science education community
Issue 11 | Page 40 | Published Dec 2020
Description
The current pandemic has touched almost every corner of the planet and is both a human and global phenomenon. Making sense of what is happening requires an understanding of a number of scientific ideas - life and death issues, and yet the public and their political leaders often display a deliberate mistrust of the science and scientists.
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