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Putting the Pandemic into Perspective
Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation Using Python Basics (and Reason)
Anne Bode
The Misinformation
- "COVID-19 is all hype...the scary models in the beginning were totally wrong."
- "The cure is worse than the disease"
- "COVID-19 is just as bad as the flu"
The Tools to Bring Perspective
- Worst Case Scenario Calculator: plug in your own population, R0, and mortality rate to estimate total deaths in a worst case scenario
- Charting Cause of Death: simple bar chart showing the annual mortality from leading causes
- Flu vs. COVID-19 Charts: simple bar charts showing flu stats vs. COVID-19 stats
- Animated Disease Spread visualize the spread of a disease with different days infectious and mortality rates using matplotlib
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