COVID source shout-out: the gasoline index?
Apparently, there’s a new TikTok trend in which users try to smell gasoline and find that it has no scent. This could be another indicator, like the Yankee Candle Index, of new surges.
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COVID source shout-out: The Yankee Candle Index
I regret to announce that the Yankee Candle Index is once again suggesting a lot of COVID-19 is circulating in the U.S. right now.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: U.K. Long COVID estimates
Unlike the U.S., the U.K. has taken steps to estimate how many people in the country are living with Long COVID.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: SCAN’s wastewater dashboard
For my recent wastewater data story, I’ve been looking at a lot of wastewater surveillance dashboards from different health agencies and research groups. One of my favorites is from Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network (SCAN), a project based out of Stanford University.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: Cyrus Shahpar
The Twitter account of White House COVID-19 Data Director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar is an excellent source of updates on all things federal pandemic data. But this past Wednesday, Shahpar’s account took on a new purpose: tech support for the CDC’s dashboard.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: Hawaii
As state leaders drop COVID-19 safety measures right and left, I wanted to give a shout-out to Hawaii: the one state that has kept its indoor mask mandate in place during this time.
Read MoreShout-out: Provincetown’s COVID-19 policies
This past week, my girlfriend and I had a very unseasonal beach vacation in Provincetown, Massachusetts. I was glad to see the town currently has a mask mandate and requires vaccination for indoor dining.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: The CDD book
My girlfriend, Laura, is unbelievably good at gift-giving. Like, really, world-class every time, for everyone. But this year, she went above and beyond in her gift for me: she made the COVID-19 Data Dispatch into a book!
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: Collecting Omicron data
As the world waits for more information on Omicron, I’d like to give a shout-out to the scientists collecting data on this novel variant and sharing it with the public. As of today, over 500 Omicron sequences have been posted to the genome sharing site GISAID.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: Community Profile Reports
We’re now approaching almost a year since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) first started publicly releasing Community Profile Reports, massive documents containing COVID-19 data at the state, county, and metro area levels.
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