Thanks for showing the differences in maps. It make much more sense. Why when comparing fatality data on Male vs Female and African American/Black vs White vs Asian do many only go to age 69 when the preponderance of deaths are over 69?
Besides a record number of cases, we also had a record number of tests. And - while the % positive is quite high, it’s finally showing signs of stabilization and possibly even easing back a bit. Any thought on this weeks test quantity and % positive?
A possibility for why women are greater % of fatalities at older ages is that they are a greater % of the population in those ages. Women start to significantly outnumber men at age 55+, and the difference becomes almost 2x at age 85+
I do think it would be helpful to add a chart for quantity of tests administered over a period of time. Saying cases have increased without correlation to quantity tests being performed in that same time period skews the reality of increases. People couldn’t get tests in April or May unless there were symptoms and qualified to have one. Also we have learned Rapid Tests are not accurate all of the time. So to just say cases are increasing isn’t the whole story. Can we also get a graph that shows a test performed in quantity for a date then break it down by rapid test versus nasal swab.
Is it possible to separate the cases by whether it was newly vs previously contracted. Can we add in number of tests vs incidence of disease, these would be helpful to me
IMO, cumulative graphs are less useful than daily or weekly. eg. the 6 color graph (rural, not rural, etc) is very useful if it's showing weekly, but not remotely useful showing cumulative. In recent days, I think around 20-25% of new cases are non-GA residents (illegal immigrants??). A lot of people are lashing out at their fellow upper middle class neighbors b/c it's more socially acceptable than hating illegal immigrants.
I also find a lot of value in the AJC's dashboard "New cases per 100k in the last 14 days" map.
The percentage is interesting, but I hope Fulton and the other large counties won't be showing 100-200+% increases (so I suspect large percentage increases are more likely to represent surges in smaller counties that haven't had huge numbers of cases.)
But knowing how extensive it has grown to locally is of importance to determining precautions (or opening schools.)
Thanks for showing the differences in maps. It make much more sense. Why when comparing fatality data on Male vs Female and African American/Black vs White vs Asian do many only go to age 69 when the preponderance of deaths are over 69?
Besides a record number of cases, we also had a record number of tests. And - while the % positive is quite high, it’s finally showing signs of stabilization and possibly even easing back a bit. Any thought on this weeks test quantity and % positive?
A possibility for why women are greater % of fatalities at older ages is that they are a greater % of the population in those ages. Women start to significantly outnumber men at age 55+, and the difference becomes almost 2x at age 85+
I do think it would be helpful to add a chart for quantity of tests administered over a period of time. Saying cases have increased without correlation to quantity tests being performed in that same time period skews the reality of increases. People couldn’t get tests in April or May unless there were symptoms and qualified to have one. Also we have learned Rapid Tests are not accurate all of the time. So to just say cases are increasing isn’t the whole story. Can we also get a graph that shows a test performed in quantity for a date then break it down by rapid test versus nasal swab.
I really appreciate your work. This is really the only data I trust. Thank you!!
Please do Florida's data!!! We need someone like you!!! PLEASE!!!!
Is it possible to separate the cases by whether it was newly vs previously contracted. Can we add in number of tests vs incidence of disease, these would be helpful to me
IMO, cumulative graphs are less useful than daily or weekly. eg. the 6 color graph (rural, not rural, etc) is very useful if it's showing weekly, but not remotely useful showing cumulative. In recent days, I think around 20-25% of new cases are non-GA residents (illegal immigrants??). A lot of people are lashing out at their fellow upper middle class neighbors b/c it's more socially acceptable than hating illegal immigrants.
This is very informative and illuminating. Thank you.
I also find a lot of value in the AJC's dashboard "New cases per 100k in the last 14 days" map.
The percentage is interesting, but I hope Fulton and the other large counties won't be showing 100-200+% increases (so I suspect large percentage increases are more likely to represent surges in smaller counties that haven't had huge numbers of cases.)
But knowing how extensive it has grown to locally is of importance to determining precautions (or opening schools.)