LimerickJim

I'm worried that the growth in numbers in the US is more due to a growth in testing capacity. At some point the US is going to see growth flatten because testing has reached capacity. Since this change in the curve won't be due to a reduction in transmission I'm worried it'll be used to erroneously convince people the crisis is abating.

How do you feel about this?

At very small scales systems no longer have "continuous" levels of energy. A good example is a ruby crystal. On a simple level the electrons in the crystal can have 3 levels of energy (I, II, III). It is not possible for the electrons to have energy between these levels. We refer to this as "quantized" energy levels. For ruby this is cool because if we pump a bunch of electrons into level II then when they drop to level I they will always release a photon of the exact same energy. This is the principle which underlines how all lasers opperate and the reason that all photons emitted from a laser are a single color.

How would you choose to display the data to convey the seriousness?

Personally I've been tracking the number of deaths, number of confirmed cases world wide and the number of cases in the US with the idea of plotting them all together. (I'm a physicist so I know data but not health science)

You're able to understand the language on this website. The people who hire these people don't have any interest in letting you know about the job thats hiring

All computing is based off of the quantum mechanics of the PN junctions in transistors. Lasers are a result of quantized energy levels in the "gain" material (ruby or helium-neon being an example). Photosynthesis is a result of quantized absorption of solar radiation. Quantum science is ubiquitous in everyday life and technology. Good question