A good amount of work has been put into this visualization for sure, and there are certainly significant overlaps with today's situation and that /game/. However, this misses the mark for me in terms of tastefulness.

For those missing context, there’s a video game called Plague Inc. that has seen an uptick of interest due to the corona virus. I haven’t played it personally but I believe this post is a visualization of COVID-19 infection data in the style of that game.

Yes, it's precisely that. A recreation of Plague Inc.'s UI, but with real data.

I'm curious how you feel about coronavirus memes.

My personal wish is that more of these data be presented on a per capita basis. It's great that Australia's numbers are low but Australia (my home country) has half the population of California (where I currently live).

Hi, the dots are currently generated on a per capita basis, although it not be as visible since we use a log scale. We're working on adding per capita tooltips though!

It just says "please rotate your device", but that doesn't work.

Hey there! For the map to display properly your device needs to be in landscape mode; if you're using the site on a phone, please make sure "auto rotate device" is turned on and try again. Sorry about that :)

Yeah, I rotated my 34" monitor and nothing changed. ;-)

It's just some stats by country (for COVID-19 infected/deaths), with a bit of animation over time. The rotation seems totally unnecessary.