by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Overall confirmed cases are a poor proxy for gauging where various countries are in their respective outbreaks. Active cases, although subject to under-reporting, is a better metric for determining which countries are facing the most severe outbreaks. View the entire...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 30, 2020 | Modelpedia
There’s no shortage of models attempting to forecast COVID-19 cases and deaths. Here on CivicMeter, we’ve covered a few of the most prominent ones for our Modelpedia. But the numbers vary wildly, and it raises the question: why is it so hard to model a...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 30, 2020 | Modelpedia
A professor at University of Texas at Austin has modeled the potential outcomes for Austin-area hospitals depending on the strictness of social intervention measures. The model, developed by Lauren Ancel Meyers, shows that the virus could overwhelm Austin-area...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 30, 2020 | Modelpedia
A new tool from the University of Washington predicts when COVID-19 cases may peak in all 50 states, and what those peaks may look like in terms of deaths and hospital resource use. Although the forecasts already assumes a high level of protective measures like social...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 30, 2020 | Modelpedia
Stanford statistics professor Jacob Steinhardt has presented a model that attempts to estimate COVID-19 infection prevalence in countries by using data from Singapore and Taiwan — two countries with heavy testing and public case data. [Find the GitHub here.]...
