June 16, 2020
Tuesday
Sustained change is a slog. I think it is harder to change people than policies, irrespective of whether you are interested in pandemics, injustice, or other issues. Humans are often irrational and, as we discuss, have entrenched conflict and bias. Elections, engagement, and advocacy are tangible ways to make our world change faster. Some concrete actions to consider:
https://www.eac.gov/voters/become-poll-worker
https://www.thecampaignworkshop.com/community-advocacy-basics-beginners-guide-advocacy
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Latest Data
Our world in data has interactive features.
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-04-16..&country=USA~GBR~CAN~BRA~AUS~IND~DEU~FRA~ITA~SWE&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&aligned=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7
FT data is still the best visualization I have found for country comparisons.
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&cumulative=0&logScale=1&perMillion=0&values=deaths
The NY Times has hotspot map is an excellent quick glace of rolling 2-week case change
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
State Details:
https://public.tableau.com/views/Coronavirus-ChangeovertimeintheUSA/2_Corona?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
Rt data
https://rt.live/
The tableau data is from The COVID Tracking Project, which compiles and rates state-reported data. Please review https://covidtracking.com/ to understand the quality of the data.
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I will lead off with this gem of a logical fallacy - you don't know what you don't know:
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/502819-trump-on-coronavirus-if-we-stop-testing-right-now-wed-have-very-few-cases
Vaccines in the news in the last 24 hours
Dr. Jha has some worthy commentary:
https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1272725646117146624
A commentary on the vaccine "Warp Speed" program
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/502649-coronavirus-vaccine-in-warp-speed
Further concerns about Warp Speed - the quality and quantity tradeoff:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/pressure-coronavirus-vaccine-risk-approval-316094
More on the political and socioeconomic correlates to protective behaviors during the pandemic. The scary quote, "Approximately 40% of all jobs paying less than $40,000 in February were gone in March..."
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rich-people-are-this-much-more-likely-to-socially-distance-themselves-and-wear-masks-than-low-income-folks-2020-06-15
We have discussed some of the underlying causes of data variation. NBC offers an article on some of that variation, focused on how COVID19 ends up on a death certificate (or not).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/covid-19-death-tally-different-ways-counting-make-number-elusive-n1216801
The data scientist fired from the Florida Health Department for (she reported) refusing to skew data reporting in an intellectually dishonest way, has released her version of a COVID dashboard for Florida. Unsurprisingly, her data diverges from Florida's official site.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/newswire/2020/06/12/fired-scientist-rebekah-jones-builds-coronavirus-dashboard-to-rival-floridarsquos/3174482001/
Tracking and tracing are still the best tools we have for stemming the impact of new outbreaks. CNN reports on a massive effort in Beijing after 79 new coronavirus cases emerged in the last five days.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-06-15-20-intl/h_960f91e52a37ff876247582f9c13b713
Infographic of the day - animated causes of death graph, Jan - May 2020
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/2637725/'
Infographic of the day #2 - the European Association for Viewer Interests offers posters on thinking critically about media:
https://i.redd.it/iltqywl8g4551.png
https://eavi.eu/beyond-fake-news-10-types-misleading-info/
And, while we're at it, take a look at the EAVI primer on using infographics correctly: https://eavi.eu/lies-damned-lies-statistics-data-literacy-primer/
Bonus Round - Potpourri of media
A loyal reader alerted me to Hildegard Von Blinging' a musician who re-writes popular music into Medieval English cover versions with harp and lute. Very entertaining. And you can learn new words. Enjoy!
http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/listen-to-medieval-covers-of-creep-pumped-up-kicks-bad-romance-more-by-hildegard-von-blingin.html
as usual, I have learned there is an entire subreddit dedicated to this artform - BardCore. Ha! https://www.reddit.com/r/bardcore/
My time in Medical School, residency, and fellowship was a 10+ year experience in and around inner-city Baltimore. It was a decade-long education/view into the worst manifestations of poverty, drugs, crime, and healthcare from the protected viewpoint of a young(er) physician. The Wire, HBO's crime show (2002-2008) deftly captured so much of the inner-city world I witnessed, from heroin addiction to police corruption, to the very humanness of politicians. I found this article about revisiting The Wire in light of recent events, further solidifying my admiration for the show.
http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/revisiting-the-wire-in-light-of-2020s-black-lives-matter-movement.html
Moreover, this article alerted me to a commentary by Micheal K Williams (he played Omar Little on The Wire), which is worth reading.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-where-we-go-from-here-20200607-54qyycc7pvhl7oblrh32nxmn64-story.html
Clean hands and sharp minds, team
-AW
Sustained change is a slog. I think it is harder to change people than policies, irrespective of whether you are interested in pandemics, injustice, or other issues. Humans are often irrational and, as we discuss, have entrenched conflict and bias. Elections, engagement, and advocacy are tangible ways to make our world change faster. Some concrete actions to consider:
https://www.eac.gov/voters/become-poll-worker
https://www.thecampaignworkshop.com/community-advocacy-basics-beginners-guide-advocacy
---------
Latest Data
Our world in data has interactive features.
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-04-16..&country=USA~GBR~CAN~BRA~AUS~IND~DEU~FRA~ITA~SWE&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&aligned=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7
FT data is still the best visualization I have found for country comparisons.
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&cumulative=0&logScale=1&perMillion=0&values=deaths
The NY Times has hotspot map is an excellent quick glace of rolling 2-week case change
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
State Details:
https://public.tableau.com/views/Coronavirus-ChangeovertimeintheUSA/2_Corona?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
Rt data
https://rt.live/
The tableau data is from The COVID Tracking Project, which compiles and rates state-reported data. Please review https://covidtracking.com/ to understand the quality of the data.
----
I will lead off with this gem of a logical fallacy - you don't know what you don't know:
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/502819-trump-on-coronavirus-if-we-stop-testing-right-now-wed-have-very-few-cases
Vaccines in the news in the last 24 hours
Dr. Jha has some worthy commentary:
https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1272725646117146624
A commentary on the vaccine "Warp Speed" program
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/502649-coronavirus-vaccine-in-warp-speed
Further concerns about Warp Speed - the quality and quantity tradeoff:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/pressure-coronavirus-vaccine-risk-approval-316094
More on the political and socioeconomic correlates to protective behaviors during the pandemic. The scary quote, "Approximately 40% of all jobs paying less than $40,000 in February were gone in March..."
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rich-people-are-this-much-more-likely-to-socially-distance-themselves-and-wear-masks-than-low-income-folks-2020-06-15
We have discussed some of the underlying causes of data variation. NBC offers an article on some of that variation, focused on how COVID19 ends up on a death certificate (or not).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/covid-19-death-tally-different-ways-counting-make-number-elusive-n1216801
The data scientist fired from the Florida Health Department for (she reported) refusing to skew data reporting in an intellectually dishonest way, has released her version of a COVID dashboard for Florida. Unsurprisingly, her data diverges from Florida's official site.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/newswire/2020/06/12/fired-scientist-rebekah-jones-builds-coronavirus-dashboard-to-rival-floridarsquos/3174482001/
Tracking and tracing are still the best tools we have for stemming the impact of new outbreaks. CNN reports on a massive effort in Beijing after 79 new coronavirus cases emerged in the last five days.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-06-15-20-intl/h_960f91e52a37ff876247582f9c13b713
Infographic of the day - animated causes of death graph, Jan - May 2020
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/2637725/'
Infographic of the day #2 - the European Association for Viewer Interests offers posters on thinking critically about media:
https://i.redd.it/iltqywl8g4551.png
https://eavi.eu/beyond-fake-news-10-types-misleading-info/
And, while we're at it, take a look at the EAVI primer on using infographics correctly: https://eavi.eu/lies-damned-lies-statistics-data-literacy-primer/
Bonus Round - Potpourri of media
A loyal reader alerted me to Hildegard Von Blinging' a musician who re-writes popular music into Medieval English cover versions with harp and lute. Very entertaining. And you can learn new words. Enjoy!
http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/listen-to-medieval-covers-of-creep-pumped-up-kicks-bad-romance-more-by-hildegard-von-blingin.html
as usual, I have learned there is an entire subreddit dedicated to this artform - BardCore. Ha! https://www.reddit.com/r/bardcore/
My time in Medical School, residency, and fellowship was a 10+ year experience in and around inner-city Baltimore. It was a decade-long education/view into the worst manifestations of poverty, drugs, crime, and healthcare from the protected viewpoint of a young(er) physician. The Wire, HBO's crime show (2002-2008) deftly captured so much of the inner-city world I witnessed, from heroin addiction to police corruption, to the very humanness of politicians. I found this article about revisiting The Wire in light of recent events, further solidifying my admiration for the show.
http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/revisiting-the-wire-in-light-of-2020s-black-lives-matter-movement.html
Moreover, this article alerted me to a commentary by Micheal K Williams (he played Omar Little on The Wire), which is worth reading.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-where-we-go-from-here-20200607-54qyycc7pvhl7oblrh32nxmn64-story.html
Clean hands and sharp minds, team
-AW
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