Gapminder Releases Video on Tracking Pandemic via Weekly Death Multipliers
Gapminder has released the second video in its Corona series, featuring Ola Rosling explaining a method to track the pandemic's progression using weekly death multipliers. The approach involves dividing the current week's death count by the previous week's to determine if the virus is spreading (multiplier above one) or receding (multiplier below one). This metric allows for effective comparison of pandemic trends across different countries and over time. The accompanying resources, including the video, slides, and cleaned data, are available for free download under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. The data, sourced from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), has been adjusted by Gapminder to correct for artificial spikes caused by delayed reporting in countries like Finland and Norway. Produced by Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Ola Rosling, this educational content aims to help the public and analysts understand whether behavioral changes are successfully curbing the virus's multiplication. The initiative emphasizes transparency and open access to data, encouraging users to redistribute and edit the materials with proper attribution to Gapminder.org.
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Gapminder Releases Video on Tracking Pandemic via Weekly Death Multipliers
Gapminder has released the second video in its Corona series, featuring Ola Rosling explaining a method to track the pandemic's progression using weekly death multipliers. The approach involves dividing the current week's death count by the previous week's to determine if the virus is spreading (multiplier above one) or receding (multiplier below one). This metric allows for effective comparison of pandemic trends across different countries and over time. The accompanying resources, including the video, slides, and cleaned data, are available for free download under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. The data, sourced from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), has been adjusted by Gapminder to correct for artificial spikes caused by delayed reporting in countries like Finland and Norway. Produced by Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Ola Rosling, this educational content aims to help the public and analysts understand whether behavioral changes are successfully curbing the virus's multiplication. The initiative emphasizes transparency and open access to data, encouraging users to redistribute and edit the materials with proper attribution to Gapminder.org.
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