I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
Totally agree. But if you zoom in, the circles do stop overlapping, which helps.
Johns Hopkins CSSE Covid-19 Global Case Dashboard
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#12I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
It is confusing. Is the idea that the circle corresponds to the area that the virus may have spread to locally?
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#13I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
It is confusing. Is the idea that the circle corresponds to the area that the virus may have spread to locally?
The size of the circle I think is related to the logarithm of the number of cases in that area.
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#14I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
Also only seems to show the cumulative counts, rather than the counts per day, per region, which makes it impossible to tell where the situation is improving or deteriorating.
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#15This map seems effectively useless in the US, given absence of meaningful testing. Frontline nurses, treating COVID-19 patients, are having their tests stonewalled and delayed by the CDC:
https://act.nationalnursesunited.org/page/-/files/graphics/N...
I’ve seen multiple people referencing it to prove the absence of real threat in the US, which seems beyond absurd at this point.
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#16I wish they also separated European countries by subnational jurisdiction. In the US they do it by cities, surely they should be able to separate Italian provinces, French departments and German states. They are reported like that in the news.
I mention this because it's particularly northern Italy that's hard hit, not southern Italy. I am still planning on travelling to southern France (by car!) around Easter, and I kind of want a more precise map to know which areas to avoid.
(I also think travelling by car is a safer option, both for me and others around me. The plan is to stay at a house in the country, not a hotel.)
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#17much of this data (particularly the statistics on 'China') is unreliable.
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#18I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
A simple table without country name is much easier to understand for someone with basic geographic knowledge. Maps are not always the best approach.
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#19I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
A simple table without country name is much easier to understand for someone with basic geographic knowledge. Maps are not always the best approach.
If they had more detailed locations like at the city level, then a map would be far more useful. But since it's mostly just by country, then it actually gives off the wrong impression.
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#20Could they check to see if having Malaria inhibits infection by this virus?