The exponential growth of cases is rather like a fractal: zoom in or out, you’ll see essentially the same kind of curve, a gradual increase that turns to steep The numbers keep flying about, in this surreal Corona-tion time.
How many infected in which country, what kind of spread the virus is showing, how many tested and how many should be tested, on and on.
A pandemic comes with its numbers—well it’s partly because of the numbers that we decide to call it a pandemic. But what’s a citizen to do with all these numbers?
Which should she pay attention to, which should she ignore? And what do they all mean? I can’t answer every question that’s out there.