Scale of the pandemic compared to the past

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, deaths, New York Times

While we’re on the topic of scale, The New York Times plotted weekly deaths below and above normal since 2015. Check out that Covid-19 pandemic mountain.

NYT has been updating this chart, but I hadn’t looked at it in a while. Just, wow.

Imagine that those with immigrants in their family tree left the country. Almost everyone, basically.

These are the top 250 products that people injure themselves on or with in a year.

If it seems like every day you log in to Facebook, it’s someone’s birthday, you’re probably not that far off.

We keep getting bigger. Watch overweight and obesity rates move up over several decades.