The new database comes a year after the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown and underscores the importance of developing stronger communication and a better understanding between scientists and elected officials, Dulencin said.
“Addressing almost any issue - from facial recognition usage and automated vehicles to wildfires, superstorms and the many ramifications of pandemics - requires policymakers at all levels of government to quickly make critical decisions that are informed by increasingly complex scientific data and understanding,” she said.
According to the data collected at Eagleton, 3 percent of state legislators nationwide are scientists, engineers or health-care professionals.
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