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I'm working on a comic that explains how to read a logarithmic graph. Here are my references.

Bad use of two linear graphs with different scales.

Gov Cuomo's Daily new positive cases in a linear graph may cause panic https://www.news10.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2020/04/04.04.20-COVID19-Briefing.pdf

WEF's explainer about the importance of logarithmic graph https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/covid-19-spread-logarithmic-graph/

What's a logarithmic graph and how does it help explain the spread of COVID-19?

A logarithmic scale is an approach that is often preferred when there are huge numbers involved, such as with the Coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/covid-19-spread-logarithmic-graph/

Vi Hart's video http://vihart.com/pi-day-rant-2020/ and white paper: Outpacing the Virus https://ethics.harvard.edu/files/center-for-ethics/files/white_paper_5_outpacing_the_virus_final.pdf

A useful collection of interactive graphs. You can switch between linear and log graphs. I have not checked accessibility features. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research

Our overview of the early research and data on the outbreak. We update this page daily.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus

Searchable map + interactive graphs https://trackthevirus.info/

COVID-19 Tracker and Analysis Dashboard

A fast and simple way to track the COVID-19 virus as it happens. View details, statistics and graphs for the world, or any affected country. Option to omit China from the global dataset in data...

https://trackthevirus.info/

Hey Data friends. Can you help me articulate -- what's problematic about this NYTimes front page?

I saw an image of the times a front page from a few days ago - that had a data viz of NY area spike up really high, invading in the headings. can't find it now, if you know what it is, pls share ")

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