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Re:Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Summary by oneredoak on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:23AM (#22464644)
I’m a big fan of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map, with the ability to click on individual states: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.h...
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Re:Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Summary by akeck on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:45AM (#22464806)
Using the JH dashboard numbers, is the death rate calculated by 3000/(3000+45000) or 3000/89000?
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Re:Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Summary by whatshisface on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:57AM (#22464905)
Neither, both would be skewed. That's because death happens after infection and recovery takes longer than death, and the number of cases is growing. What you want is dead/recovered N (28 for example) days after infection, which you will have to find elsewhere.
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