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media news coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic often entail complex numerical concepts exponential increase reproduction number study investigated whether people difficulties understanding information whether difficulties related numerical competence reflective thinking risk proneness one hundred sixtythree participants provided answers numeracy scale focusing complex numerical concepts relevant covid19 cov numeracy scale also provided responses wellestablished objective subjective scales questions affective states questions covid19 pandemic higher scores cov numeracy scale correlated higher scores health numeracy scale cognitive reflection test crt selfassessments verbal comprehension mathematical intelligence subjective numeracy interestingly scores cov numeracy scale also positively correlated number consulted information sources covid19 accuracy crt emerged significant predictor explaining ca 14 variance cov numeracy scale results suggest people lower reflective thinking skills lower subjective objective numerical competence disadvantage confronted covidrelated numerical information everyday life findings advise caution communication relevant public health information entails complex numerical concepts