Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates
by mcculley on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:41PM
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Author here. Maybe I am too strident in my commentary on the failure of governments. I firmly believe there have been many failures. We should have implemented testing at scale in March of 2020. Now we are doomed to have partisan arguments about vaccinations and masks after having spent trillions on handouts.
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Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates
by taeric on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:48PM
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I wish I knew how the partisan debate became the debate. :(
For myself, I am not convinced we know what the world would have looked like given any alternative response. I do not think we should give up. I just don't know what has actually worked. Hard to argue against more testing, though.
Edit: also, to be clear, I am not trying to argue you shouldn't do the charts this way. Rather, saying I probably need some training to align to what you think this makes more clear. And I believe it could just be different licks, and all that.
Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates
by mcculley on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:45PM
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I think that there is any confusion at all is more an indication that I have failed to make a good case for this being more useful. I found it more useful for my own needs looking at my state and trying to understand the normal expected seasonal variation versus 2020-2021.
This is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Thank you.