Thread by @compoundchem

As we say #GoodBye2020, here’s a thread looking back at some of the graphics I’ve made over the past year (a lot of them #COVID19-related!) ⬇️ (1/13)

The year started with this graphic on the viruses that cause colds and flu, inspired by a coronavirus outbreak in China that you may have subsequently heard a little bit about... 🤔 compoundchem.com/2020/01/22/col… (2/13)

In February, I made this graphic for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, highlighting the women of the periodic table: compoundchem.com/2020/02/10/wom… (3/13)

In March, COVID lockdowns started across Europe. This graphic proved popular as hand sanitisers started flying off the shelves: compoundchem.com/2020/03/04/han… (4/13)

By April, we were talking immunity with this graphic in @cenmag, amid discussion on how long immunity could last after you'd had COVID-19: cen.acs.org/biological-che… (5/13)

In May, antibody tests were the talk of the town. While they haven’t played as big a role in the pandemic as was being predicted, I made a couple of graphics explaining what the tests tell us (compoundchem.com/2020/05/26/ant…) and how they work (compoundchem.com/2020/06/05/ant…) (6/13)

In June, Black Lives Matter protests led to concerns about the effects of tear gas on protesters, leading to this graphic on the chemistry and effects of tear gas: compoundchem.com/2020/06/09/tea… (7/13)

In July, this graphic in @cenmag summarised the different types of tests for #COVID19: cen.acs.org/analytical-che… (8/13)

Who else gained a pet during the pandemic? We got a cat, Linus, who was the inspiration for this graphic on cat chemistry: compoundchem.com/2020/07/07/the… (9/13)

In August, a huge explosion in Beirut called for a detailed look at ammonium nitrate, the chemical culprit: compoundchem.com/2020/08/05/amm… (10/13)

Fast-forward to October and it was Nobel Prize season. Here are a series of graphics summarising this year’s winners 🏅(11/13)

Most recently, we’ve had the good news of approved vaccines for #COVID19. Here are two graphics made with @RoySocChem looking at how the two types of vaccine approved in the UK so far work (12/13)

This year the compoundchem.com site had over 3,000,000 visitors and over 6,000,000 page views. Thank you all for your support, and I hope the graphics have been helpful. Happy New Year! (13/13)