[OC] Covid cases and deaths in the U.S. as a percentage of total population. 1 square = 10,000 people.

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image showing [OC] Covid cases and deaths in the U.S. as a percentage of total population. 1 square = 10,000 people.

RufMixa555 on August 15th, 2020 at 10:37 UTC »

Is there a way to make this a time lapse?

Like watch it go month by month (or even better day by day?)

JPAnalyst on August 15th, 2020 at 10:52 UTC »

The leading cause of death in America (heart disease, 600k) would look virtually the same at 0.2% of the population. Deaths as a % of population are always going to look very small in this format. Keep that in mind as you all view this. If you think covid isn’t a big deal as a result of this image, you think no cause of death is a big deal.

Not knocking the viz, just adding some perspective. In fact, I like the viz and I’m looking forward to the shit storm it’s going to cause 😀!

Edit. Here is a quick chart showing the leading cause of death (Heart Disease) in the US, using a similar format.

data-artist on August 15th, 2020 at 13:57 UTC »

Yes - I will try to follow up with an animation over time. That will give a better idea about how rapidly it has spread over past 5 months.