NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the gold-standard measure for Covid deaths, allowing like-for-like comparisons btwn countries
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) May 12, 2020
UK had 50,000 more deaths than usual in March & April vs 27,000 reported Covid deaths at the time
Free to read: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF pic.twitter.com/4N5O8yKy6J
Also, the decline in cases is mostly concentrated in the northeast plus a few scattered rural states. *A lot of the country is still roughly at a plateau in new cases*, although the decline in deaths may be a bit more robust.https://t.co/oAQ2y08bJ5
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 1, 2020
NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the best measure for international comparisons of Covid death tolls
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) June 2, 2020
UK had 62,000 more deaths than usual through to May 22, the highest rate of excess deaths in the world
Free to read: https://t.co/VcSZISX8rd pic.twitter.com/uh6a7kx1FC
New analysis.
— Jeremy #Masks4All Howard (@jeremyphoward) June 8, 2020
Texas re-opened early, without requiring masks. Things are looking bad.
NB: chart shows hospitalizations, not cases, so this is not a side-effect of increased testing. pic.twitter.com/wKNMUL56BY
A tale of two Calis. Wear a mask. pic.twitter.com/jDP7jtrs9T
— Bruck (@jbruck) June 25, 2020
Another quick look at US COVID19 data. The chart shows a broad regional breakdown of the US COVID-19 curve. Source: https://t.co/vL6hbiRLbT pic.twitter.com/WLmJogaXBB
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) June 25, 2020
The rate of confirmed cases [on the x-axis] against the rate of testing [on the y-axis].
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 26, 2020
• A country that gets the pandemic under control stops moving to the right.
• If it tests widely it moves up.
The US stayed on very low testing and moved far to the right. pic.twitter.com/eWWtnwcAMD
To put @JeffBezos' wealth into context: The wealth of @ElonMusk is closer to your wealth than to the wealth of Jeff Bezos.#dataviz source: https://t.co/ffePilkpBF pic.twitter.com/2hOuHtc8CI
— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) July 2, 2020
It's frustrating to see that the #COVID19 pandemic is so politicized that folks see it as informative to make #dataviz like this one. #coronavirus
— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) July 3, 2020
Source: https://t.co/lq4EVMOqW6 pic.twitter.com/3R2jQxkN0E
“Deaths per week: 2020 vs. previous 5 years” insightful way of visualizing COVID19 deaths. Also a way to show how well New Zealand has managed! Source: https://t.co/ODKRfV2f6k pic.twitter.com/JMo3cpKYsU
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) December 20, 2020
NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!"
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) January 7, 2021
I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high.
Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹 pic.twitter.com/tsExrDZM31
Good to see the climbing in US vaccinations 👍
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 30, 2021
Peak so far of 1.7 M yesterday and another 1.6 M today pic.twitter.com/kMk7G9ZQL6
