Following the science: How are data and evidence used and communicated?

An online discussion examining how effectively data and evidence has been used and communicated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, raising issues such as:

How science works;
How data, evidence and science are communicated;
How the media decide what to cover and what to omit;
Dealing with complexity and uncertainty;
How ‘following the science’ and the press portrayal of scientific research affects policy decisions.