Tuesday, September 1, 2020
It is hard to reconcile the many public comments on government organizations' tainted information with what I know about the people who work for these organizations and the work they generally have done. But recent weeks have demonstrated illogical testing recommendations, misrepresented data about therapies, and an increasing volume of comments about early vaccine approvals. Even at this point in the pandemic (and the current state of politics), I am surprised at my naive view of good and evil. Sewing disorder, creating doubt, and undermining trusted actors are nidi of chaos. Imagine if the butterfly flapping its wings understood how to cause the typhoon and chose to do so.
These articles were on my mind last night:
https://fs.blog/2017/08/the-butterfly-effect/
https://egyptianocculthistory.blogspot.com/2017/12/lesson-isfet-goddess-of-injustice-chaos.html
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Latest Data
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=cases
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The US Regionally:
The NY Times state-level data visualization:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
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There have been several editorials commenting on the CDC and FDA's troubling recommendations.
From a former NIH director in the NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/opinion/cdc-testing-coronavirus.html
From a statistician who works in British Government
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/31/politicians-covid-19-statistics-statisticians
A loyal reader alerted me to the interesting merging of personal data combined with COVID testing results. Lots of opportunities to learn about your customers when they use your app to display your lab testing data. While the data is not being used for contact tracing (at this time), the future is bright for these data tools. This is a press release, but worthy of review.
https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/product-and-innovation/abbotts-new-NAVICA-app-what-you-need-to-know.html
STAT news had an interesting article on the declining use of telehealth for healthcare. It is a nice rundown of the challenges providers face in deciding how to best deliver remote care, both from a clinical and administrative framework.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/01/telehealth-visits-decline-covid19-hospitals/?utm_campaign=rss
Infographic of the day: Chopstick Etiquette
https://itsyourjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/14-Chopstick-Etiquette-Japan-Infographic-1.jpg
from https://itsyourjapan.com/chopstick-etiquette-japan/
Adam's takeaway: the world is more complicated than I could imagine, and I have a lot to learn.
Bonus Round: Bad Predictions
In all the news that I review, I try to keep in mind how often we, and our "greatest minds" are wrong. I found this entertaining prediction on Open Culture: revisiting the 1906 editorial by John Philip Sousa on the threat of recorded music. He was not wholly wrong, but certainly, this feels like he only saw parts of the future.
http://www.openculture.com/2020/08/composer-john-philip-sousa-denounces-the-menace-of-recorded-music-1906.html
Clean hands and sharp minds, team
-Adam
It is hard to reconcile the many public comments on government organizations' tainted information with what I know about the people who work for these organizations and the work they generally have done. But recent weeks have demonstrated illogical testing recommendations, misrepresented data about therapies, and an increasing volume of comments about early vaccine approvals. Even at this point in the pandemic (and the current state of politics), I am surprised at my naive view of good and evil. Sewing disorder, creating doubt, and undermining trusted actors are nidi of chaos. Imagine if the butterfly flapping its wings understood how to cause the typhoon and chose to do so.
These articles were on my mind last night:
https://fs.blog/2017/08/the-butterfly-effect/
https://egyptianocculthistory.blogspot.com/2017/12/lesson-isfet-goddess-of-injustice-chaos.html
------
Latest Data
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=cases
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The US Regionally:
The NY Times state-level data visualization:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
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There have been several editorials commenting on the CDC and FDA's troubling recommendations.
From a former NIH director in the NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/opinion/cdc-testing-coronavirus.html
From a statistician who works in British Government
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/31/politicians-covid-19-statistics-statisticians
A loyal reader alerted me to the interesting merging of personal data combined with COVID testing results. Lots of opportunities to learn about your customers when they use your app to display your lab testing data. While the data is not being used for contact tracing (at this time), the future is bright for these data tools. This is a press release, but worthy of review.
https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/product-and-innovation/abbotts-new-NAVICA-app-what-you-need-to-know.html
STAT news had an interesting article on the declining use of telehealth for healthcare. It is a nice rundown of the challenges providers face in deciding how to best deliver remote care, both from a clinical and administrative framework.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/01/telehealth-visits-decline-covid19-hospitals/?utm_campaign=rss
Infographic of the day: Chopstick Etiquette
https://itsyourjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/14-Chopstick-Etiquette-Japan-Infographic-1.jpg
from https://itsyourjapan.com/chopstick-etiquette-japan/
Adam's takeaway: the world is more complicated than I could imagine, and I have a lot to learn.
Bonus Round: Bad Predictions
In all the news that I review, I try to keep in mind how often we, and our "greatest minds" are wrong. I found this entertaining prediction on Open Culture: revisiting the 1906 editorial by John Philip Sousa on the threat of recorded music. He was not wholly wrong, but certainly, this feels like he only saw parts of the future.
http://www.openculture.com/2020/08/composer-john-philip-sousa-denounces-the-menace-of-recorded-music-1906.html
Clean hands and sharp minds, team
-Adam
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