I think the mission of Frontiers for Young to bring science to all ages is very important. Getting kids reading both new discoveries and core concepts in science can only be good thing as it will make them understand the scientfic process. I had a great experience writing and answering the reviewers on my first paper for kids about how we study self-movement (walking, running and driving ). It has been an absolute joy bringing my science to a younger audience. For this reason I became an Associate Editor for the Mathematics Specialisation to help others do the same thing.
My first editorial assignment:
I had the pleasure of editing this @FrontYoungMinds paper by @masonporter and colleagues titled:
— John Butler (@jslbutler) February 9, 2021
"Disease Detectives: Using Mathematics to Forecast the Spread of Infectious Diseases"
It has an intutive explanation of why we care about the R0 value 1/2https://t.co/KnouIjf00I