This map by Tim Meko for The Washington Post uses time series lines to show change in confirmed cases by county. Using a combination of line thickness, height, and color, the map highlights the counties with the greatest change since early May. Hairy. Tags: coronavirus, Tim Meko, Washington Post
For Reuters, Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr animated a coronavirus outbreak in Singapore between January and April, going with the force-directed bubble view. It starts small, then there’s the spread, and clusters form. Tags: coronavirus, outbreak, Reuters, Singapore
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll recently showed this: Only 40% of American adults are like, “No way. This is false.” But then there are 32% who are like, “Well… maybe? I don’t know.” Then there are over a quarter who are like, “Yeah, he’s trying to track us.” Really? Please tell me there is some study that shows internet-based polls are crazy. My brain is having trouble processing these results. Tags:...
The New York Times used their full front page to list 1,000 names of the 100,000 who died due to the virus. There is an online version, which is equally moving. Tags: coronavirus, deaths, New York Times
This is The New York Times front page for Sunday, May 24, 2020. Tags: coronavirus, front page, New York Times
Using anonymized cellphone data from SafeGraph, Reade Levinson and Chris Canipe for Reuters mapped the change in foot traffic for different types of businesses over time. Orange represents more movements since the first week of March. Blue means less. Yellow means about the same. We’re working towards all orange. Fingers crossed. Sidenote: Now isn’t really the time, but when it is, we’re gonna have to come back to this mobile...
With coronavirus testing, many governments have used the percentage of tests that came back positive over time to gauge progress and decide whether or not it’s time to reopen. To calculate percentage, they divide confirmed cases by total tests. The denominator — total tests — often comes from the CDC, which apparently hasn’t done a good job calculating that denominator, because not all tests are the same. Alexis C. Madrigal...
The Georgia Department of Public Health published a questionable chart showing confirmed Covid-19 cases over time. Intentionally misleading or poorly made chart? Read More
States are reopening. Some seem ready, and some less so. Lena V. Groeger and Ash Ngu for ProPublica made a reference so that you can quickly see how your state is doing in five important metrics: To give people context on state reopenings, and what happens afterward, we are tracking metrics derived from a set of guidelines published by the White House for states to achieve before loosening restrictions. Even...
This straightforward grid map by Danielle Alberti for Axios shows the percentage of adults in a household where someone lost employment income. In all likelihood, you know someone affected in one way or another. The data comes from the Census Household Pulse Survey, which is an effort to gauge the impact of Covid-19. Tags: Axios, coronavirus, Danielle Alberti, unemployment
