Kudos to Merkel. She does indeed sound like a scientist. But I fear that she has added to the confusion. An audiovisual approach is definitely better when trying to explain the spread of a communicable disease. If the explanation must be solely by means of spoken speech, then one must get to the main point much more quickly than she does.

Germany lucked out to have such a background of experience as Merkel's to lead the country during such a crisis.

Science doesn't come easily to most leaders, unfortunately, as this crisis is proving around the world.