Nine areas of data we need to manage the pandemic
Will we ever get control of this pandemic? We can, but better data will go a long way in helping us get there. Here are nine areas where I’d like to see improvement.
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COVID source callout: The Morning
A recent edition of “The Morning,” the New York Times’ flagship newsletter, painted a misleading picture of COVID-19 disparities in the U.S.
Read MoreSources and updates, June 5
Sources and updates for the week of June 5 include a new chart on the CDC’s wastewater dashboard and studies showing COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Native Americans.
Read MoreSources and updates, May 1
Featured sources for the week of May 1 include vaccination rates in nursing homes, neighborhood-level health disparities, access to hospital services, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, April 24
Data sources and updates for the week of April 24 include COVID-19 on airplanes, death rates by race and ethnicity, Long COVID research, and more.
Read MoreFenceline communities left behind by data gaps: A dispatch from SEJ in Houston
This week, I’m sharing a short dispatch from the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference in Houston, Texas. I’m discussing the cascading health issues caused by environmental racism—including, of course, COVID-19—as well as the ways that data gaps can make it harder for hard-hit communities to get needed public health assistance.
Read MoreAll the U.S.’s COVID-19 metrics are flawed
This week, I had a big retrospective story published at FiveThirtyEight: I looked back at the major metrics that the U.S. has used to track COVID-19 over the past two years—and how our country’s fractured public health system hindered our use of each one.
Read MoreCOVID source callout: Still no state-by-state data on vaccinations by race/ethnicity
It is now over a year into the U.S.’s vaccine rollout, and the CDC is still failing to publicly share data on vaccinations by state and race/ethnicity. I actually wrote a callout post about this in March 2021, and nothing has changed since then!
Read MoreSources and updates, March 20
Sources and updates for the week of March 20 include a revamped tracker for deaths by race and ethnicity, the CDC possibly taking back hospital data reporting, global excess deaths, and more.
Read MorePandemic preparedness: Improving our data surveillance and communication
What has the U.S. learned from the last two years, and what lessons can we take forward for future COVID-19 surges and other infectious disease outbreaks? The Biden administration has released a new pandemic preparedness plan that addresses these questions.
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