Putting the Pandemic into Perspective

Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation Using Python Basics (and Reason)

Anne Bode

The Misinformation

1. "COVID-19 is all hype...the scary models in the beginning were totally wrong."
2. "The cure is worse than the disease"
3. "COVID-19 is just as bad as the flu"

The Tools to Bring Perspective

1. Worst Case Scenario Calculator: plug in your own population, R0, and mortality rate to estimate total deaths in a worst case scenario
2. Charting Cause of Death: simple bar chart showing the annual mortality from leading causes
3. Flu vs. COVID-19 Charts: simple bar charts showing flu stats vs. COVID-19 stats
4. Animated Disease Spread visualize the spread of a disease with different days infectious and mortality rates using matplotlib

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1. "COVID-19 is all hype...the scary models in the beginning were totally wrong."