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Rosamund Pearce
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Visual Data Journalist @TheEconomist. Formerly making climate change #dataviz for @CarbonBrief. Views are my own.
Feb 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This is an interesting thread, but I had a different take on this point.

The trouble with large numbers is that they are hard for the human mind to comprehend. (1/4) Sure, half a million deaths sounds like a lot, but can you really picture that many people? Because it's hard to imagine statistics like this there is a risk that we detach from them. They can sometimes leave us feeling numb because they are hard to visualise. (2/4)
Apr 8, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
With low testing rates, how do we estimate the true number of covid-19 cases? A new study uses flu-like illnesses (besides the flu) as a proxy

These illnesses have surged in the US: from March 8-28th they found an estimated 23m more cases than expected from historical data (1/4) Crucially, these illnesses follow a similar geographic pattern to covid-19 cases (2/4)