Monday 10 August 2020

How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers by @CarolineYLChen via @propublica

Between case counts, deaths, hospitalizations, positivity rates, rolling averages, etc, it's hard to gauge how the pandemic is progressing. Here's a detailed guide to the numbers and, ultimately, insights into what's worth paying attention to.

I found this incredibly interesting both from a person POV to make sure I understood all the numbers politicians throw around and from a data science perspective because it makes you think a bit more about if you need to explain all the numbers and statistics at people to make sure they really understand what you are giving them.

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