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NYT switches to CDC data for their Covid dashboard

Data Sharing / CDC, coronavirus, New York Times

After three years, The New York Times is switching away from local data…
Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths for vaccinated vs. unvaccinated

Statistical Visualization / CDC, coronavirus, unvaccinated, vaccination

The CDC released a chart that shows case, hospitalization, and death rates for…
‘Less than 10 percent’ outdoors

Mistaken Data / CDC, coronavirus, New York Times, outdoors

The CDC said that “less than 10 percent” of coronavirus cases were from…
About that one-year decline in life expectancy

Statistics / CDC, coronavirus, life expectancy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that said life…
Multiple Causes of Death

Data Underload / CDC, cherrypicking, coronavirus, mortality

There’s a 6 percent figure from the CDC that could be easily misinterpreted. Here’s what it means.
Failed CDC data pipeline

Data Sharing / CDC, coronavirus, New York Times

The New York Times reports on how the CDC struggled and failed on…
Bad denominator

Mistaken Data / Atlantic, CDC, coronavirus, denominator, testing

With coronavirus testing, many governments have used the percentage of tests that came…
Face mask respirator and its usefulness with different beard styles

Infographics / beards, CDC, coronavirus, mask

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made this graphic to show what…