9 minute read
There’s a running joke in machine learning circles that data wrangling is 10% skill and 90% anger management. While that’s funny because it’s true, in the case of health care data the consequences can be deadly serious. In California, problems with reporting likely and confirmed COVID-19 deaths in…
Cumlative, population-leveled case data versus public mask percentage
5 minute read
Wearing masks more often means fewer COVID-19 cases. It’s that simple, and it couldn’t be more clear in the data.
COVID-19 in Motion - a preamble to a Thanksgiving outbreak in the US?
3 minute read
Having taken a turn with the data following Israel’s increase in mask-wearing compliance, I decided to look at the data in Canada after someone warned me about their Thanksgiving showing an ominous trend. Again, here I’m using Our World In Data as a source. I decided to map cases and deaths per…
7 minute read
Data can tell a compelling story when it’s properly collected, collated and curated. But there are times when data isn’t enough. And it’s not the lack of information that causes the picture to be lost. Sometimes it’s sheer overwhelming volume that can diminish the translation of data into…
COVID-19 in Motion - How policy directly affects incident rates
7 minute read
Having read several articles about Israel’s mask mandate and how that showed marked results that I had to see for myself. It didn’t disappoint. When leveled for cases-per-million the shape of the data is unmistakable.
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