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1/n I& #39;ve been gathering and reporting COVID data for several hours every day now for 430ish consecutive days — an arbitrary number, but excuse enough for a thread.
Here& #39;s to the people who& #39;ve thrown their lives at understanding the pandemic without the backing I& #39;m lucky to have. https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1391162047208083457">https://twitter.com/EdTubb/st...
Here& #39;s to the people who& #39;ve thrown their lives at understanding the pandemic without the backing I& #39;m lucky to have. https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1391162047208083457">https://twitter.com/EdTubb/st...
2/n Here& #39;s to @nolore.
When @KenyonWallace @_jennamoon and I first put together our database of Ontario LTC outbreaks in early April 2020, Nora was simultaneously doing the same without the backing of a national newspaper. https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1253856974091018241?s=20">https://twitter.com/EdTubb/st...
When @KenyonWallace @_jennamoon and I first put together our database of Ontario LTC outbreaks in early April 2020, Nora was simultaneously doing the same without the backing of a national newspaper. https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1253856974091018241?s=20">https://twitter.com/EdTubb/st...
3/n Since then, Nora& #39;s work has become one of the best references for nursing home outbreaks in the nation — much more comprehensive than what we first published last April.
Her Tableau with @socialvizcanada is truly *fantastic*, painstaking work. https://public.tableau.com/profile/andrew.lam3968#!/vizhome/CanadaLTCCOVID-19Deaths/LTC_Deaths_Canada">https://public.tableau.com/profile/a...
Her Tableau with @socialvizcanada is truly *fantastic*, painstaking work. https://public.tableau.com/profile/andrew.lam3968#!/vizhome/CanadaLTCCOVID-19Deaths/LTC_Deaths_Canada">https://public.tableau.com/profile/a...
4/n It was late April 2020 when Ontario first moved to release comprehensive open data on LTC outbreaks.
That doesn& #39;t happen without the pressure brought on them through some seriously superhuman effort.
Here& #39;s to @nolore. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/26/new-ontario-covid-19-data-shows-appalling-death-numbers-in-long-term-care.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/...
That doesn& #39;t happen without the pressure brought on them through some seriously superhuman effort.
Here& #39;s to @nolore. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/26/new-ontario-covid-19-data-shows-appalling-death-numbers-in-long-term-care.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/...
5/n Here& #39;s to @jkwan_md.
Honestly, I should probably feel like Jennifer is a competitor — she& #39;s been doing the same as me with Ontario& #39;s daily COVID-19 data, and more, every damn day I have, often sooner, often better. https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/status/1391030447216463872?s=20">https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/...
Honestly, I should probably feel like Jennifer is a competitor — she& #39;s been doing the same as me with Ontario& #39;s daily COVID-19 data, and more, every damn day I have, often sooner, often better. https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/status/1391030447216463872?s=20">https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/...
6/n Her stamina is insane, and her consistency!
Lord knows I& #39;ve had mornings where I& #39;m late, or tired, or burnt out, or don& #39;t want to do *that* viz. that takes forever.
Dr. Kwan never does.
The fact she& #39;s also a practising family doctor is *mind-blowing*.
Lord knows I& #39;ve had mornings where I& #39;m late, or tired, or burnt out, or don& #39;t want to do *that* viz. that takes forever.
Dr. Kwan never does.
The fact she& #39;s also a practising family doctor is *mind-blowing*.
7/n Even her dog is (arguably) cuter than mine.
Here& #39;s to @jkwan_md https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/status/1388266597522026508?s=20">https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/...
Here& #39;s to @jkwan_md https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/status/1388266597522026508?s=20">https://twitter.com/jkwan_md/...
8/n Here& #39;s to @ASPphysician
There are few people whose opinions I& #39;ve trusted more through all this than Andrew& #39;s.
He& #39;s no-nonsense and he& #39;s *so incredibly* thorough and clear, which means when he talks, you want to listen — here, for example: https://twitter.com/ASPphysician/status/1391076247883632645?s=20">https://twitter.com/ASPphysic...
There are few people whose opinions I& #39;ve trusted more through all this than Andrew& #39;s.
He& #39;s no-nonsense and he& #39;s *so incredibly* thorough and clear, which means when he talks, you want to listen — here, for example: https://twitter.com/ASPphysician/status/1391076247883632645?s=20">https://twitter.com/ASPphysic...
9/n Plus, his newsletter is so damn, infuriatingly good — and I mean that as a writer, mostly.
You should sign up: https://covidemails.com/
Here& #39;s">https://covidemails.com/">... to @ASPphysician
You should sign up: https://covidemails.com/
Here& #39;s">https://covidemails.com/">... to @ASPphysician
10/n Here& #39;s to @vaxhunterscan.
If I& #39;m honest, the very fact of @vaxhunterscan makes me red with rage.
It shouldn& #39;t take volunteers to make sense of a system like this. That it did is bad. It just is.
But those volunteers — oh man, they are superhuman. https://twitter.com/VaxHuntersCan/status/1382789167751528456?s=20">https://twitter.com/VaxHunter...
If I& #39;m honest, the very fact of @vaxhunterscan makes me red with rage.
It shouldn& #39;t take volunteers to make sense of a system like this. That it did is bad. It just is.
But those volunteers — oh man, they are superhuman. https://twitter.com/VaxHuntersCan/status/1382789167751528456?s=20">https://twitter.com/VaxHunter...
11/n There may be no single group of non-medical people who& #39;ve done more to help us get doses into arms than @andryou, @joshkalpin, @sabanero_pepper and @jclodman.
12/n Yes, I think it& #39;s shocking and appalling that you had a better chance with our vaccine rollout if you or someone you love is good with Twitter — but that& #39;s not on the people behind this team.
Lord, we needed them.
Here& #39;s to @VaxHuntersCan. https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1387401742845939720?s=20">https://twitter.com/EdTubb/st...
Lord, we needed them.
Here& #39;s to @VaxHuntersCan. https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1387401742845939720?s=20">https://twitter.com/EdTubb/st...
13/n Here& #39;s to @ishaberry2 @JPSoucy and http://opencovid.ca"> http://opencovid.ca .
It& #39;s hard to quite convey how *bad* our access to COVID-19 data was in March and April 2020.
We used to see days go by between local reports of deaths and the change in official data! https://twitter.com/JPSoucy/status/1319047155915673602?s=20">https://twitter.com/JPSoucy/s...
It& #39;s hard to quite convey how *bad* our access to COVID-19 data was in March and April 2020.
We used to see days go by between local reports of deaths and the change in official data! https://twitter.com/JPSoucy/status/1319047155915673602?s=20">https://twitter.com/JPSoucy/s...
14/n That& #39;s the reason I started on this all the way back in March 2020 — nothing added up unless you did it by hand.
Then these two (and their team) came along and started doing it better than me.
And it& #39;s open, too!
What. A. Resource.
https://art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19canada/ ">https://art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19ca...
Then these two (and their team) came along and started doing it better than me.
And it& #39;s open, too!
What. A. Resource.
https://art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19canada/ ">https://art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19ca...
15/n I& #39;ve said this before: Ontario has become really quite good at Open Data. Truly.
But doesn& #39;t happen without the pressure from hand-built resources like this.
(And they& #39;re students! Holy crap, you have a couple of good ones, @UofT_dlsph.)
Here& #39;s to @ishaberry2 and @JPSoucy
But doesn& #39;t happen without the pressure from hand-built resources like this.
(And they& #39;re students! Holy crap, you have a couple of good ones, @UofT_dlsph.)
Here& #39;s to @ishaberry2 and @JPSoucy
16/n And a shout out to @Sue_Innovates and @IacovosMichael, who worked their butts off to chart LTC outbreaks back when we had no public data in March-April 2020, then reached out to me to share their work.
I really appreciated that. Thank you.
I really appreciated that. Thank you.
