August 2020 – JF Insights

Sturgis Bike Event: A COVID Look Back

The case data is in. Following the Sturgis Bike Rally – South Dakota recorded more than 2x the number of COVID cases in August as in July.

COVID TRENDS – THE MOVIE

An unbiased timeline reporting of COVID across the US regions. See where we almost had it fixed!

EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING THE TIME DIMENSION OF RISK

A way to show the time dimension of risk in a way that reflects how our brains evolved to look for changes in information. Don’t be a boiled frog!

Davidson County – Good & Bad News

Cases are down, but deaths are up – and back to school still hasn’t had time to impact the data. What’s next. Read on!

A COVID timeline – inspired by Data Analytics

Bored with 2 dimensional charts – or just statistics – then this is the video for you – showing the key global trends in COVID case development in less than 1 minute. If you like it – let me know. More will come!!

Did you know US deaths only recently passed those of Europe?

I found an interesting result from my data analysis today. On July 30th – the US and Europe were almost exactly aligned on the total number of deaths (since inception) from COVID. In this analysis I define Europe as UK, Italy, France, Spain, Germany which conveniently has a population of 323 million – very similarContinue reading “Did you know US deaths only recently passed those of Europe?”

COVID roundup 8-13-20

A roundup of COVID data as of 8-13-20 including the fatality hot spots. A quick dive into Cherokee County GA which opened, then closed its high school – with a dramatic impact on the COVID stats in that county.

Further Improvement in the US

keep wearing the masks – it’s working! Another refresh of the data for the “worst counties in America” list – and other meaningful improvement. Now only 147 counties make the list, compared to 188 a week ago. Texas and Florida showing significant reduction in the number of counties on the list. Georgia is basically flatContinue reading “Further Improvement in the US”