COVID source shout-out: Transparency in Utah

July 18, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Utah hasn’t hit 70% adult vaccinations yet—but a recent data error led state officials to erroneously announce the benchmark had been hit. Spencer Cox, Utah’s governor, posted an apology on Twitter that drew attention for his commitment to transparency and accountability.

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COVID source shout-out: The CDD vaccinations page

June 13, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Since early January, the COVID-19 Data Dispatch has maintained a page of detailed annotations on all the major sources for vaccination data in the U.S. This includes government sources (the CDC, all 50 states, and D.C.), along with a few notable news publications and independent dashboards. The page is now switching to an every-other-week update schedule from every week.

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COVID source shout-out: Babydog

May 30, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If I weren’t already vaccinated, I would do it for Babydog.

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COVID source shout-out: Goodnight Turbovax

May 16, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

So long, farewell, I hope we never have to meet again: the sun is setting for the incredibly hardworking bot Turbovax.info.

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COVID source shout-out: TUSHY

May 9, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Now, you might ask: Betsy, why are you featuring a bidet company as a COVID-19 data source? Because a special page on TUSHY’s website is reporting the share of Americans who have been fully vaccinated, with a (NSFW) framing: “Can We Eat Ass Yet?”

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COVID source shoutout: Unique vaccine metrics

May 2, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Most states report some variation on the same COVID-19 vaccination metrics: doses allocated, doses administered, state residents who’ve been partially and fully vaccinated, and so on. But some states go beyond those basics.

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COVID source shout-out: CDC’s vaccine blue

April 25, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The CDC uses the color blue like it’s going out of style, with heatmap-style charts that range from teal to a dark, indigo shade for states that have administered the most vaccine doses relative to their populations.

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COVID source shout-out: NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

April 18, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Last spring, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) set up a special website compiling guidance on how to treat COVID-19 patients, intended as a resource for physicians and researchers. We featured this source in an issue a couple of months ago, but I wanted to revisit it today because the site’s one-year anniversary is coming up this week!

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COVID source shout-out: I’ve never wanted to be an “NIH-er” this bad

April 11, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

On Friday, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins posted a video of a “COVIDized” “Here Comes The Sun” to his NIH Director’s blog, in which he thanked “NIH-ers” and promised a way out of the “long, dark, COVID winter.”

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COVID source shout-out: New York expands eligibility

April 4, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

This week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced two major expansions for vaccine eligibility. State residents age 30 and older became eligible starting on March 30, and residents age 16 and older became eligible starting on April 6. This expansion allowed two of my favorite vaccine communicators to get their shots!

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