@Ronan yes. log scale to visualize exponential data
Key findings in the report I linked above, not just about comprehension, but about how that influences their opinion of policies about the pandemic:
> Furthermore, we tested whether the scale used affects the respondents’ attitudes towards the pandemic. It looks like it does. First, we find that despite predicting a higher number of deaths, people who were shown the logarithmic scale chart declare to be less worried about the health crisis caused by the coronavirus.
> A possible explanation of our finding is that the linear scale gives the impression of a growing pandemic, without any sign of improvement. At the same time, the curve on the logarithmic scale looks flatter and reassuring.