How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19

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  • Опубліковано 27 бер 2024
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    RESOURCES
    Grant's 3Blue1Brown Video: Exponential Growth and Epidemics: • Exponential growth and...
    Aatish's Exponential/Logistic Curve-Fitting Site: github.com/aatishb/covid/blob...
    Data Source: github.com/CSSEGISandData/COV...
    Our World in Data Page on Coronavirus: ourworldindata.org/coronavirus
    How many tests for COVID-19 are being performed around the world? ourworldindata.org/covid-testing
    Understanding logarithmic scales: www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/he...
    What we can learn from the countries winning the coronavirus fight: www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-2...
    (Great explainer on log scales and growth curves explained in the context of COVID-19 in different countries)
    This video is a collaboration with Aatish Bhatia about how to see the COVID-19 tipping point - we present a better way to graph COVID-19 coronavirus cases using a logarithmic scale in "phase space" - plotting the growth rate against the cumulative cases, rather than either of these against time.
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  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 4 роки тому +878

    So sad that UA-cam demonetize these videos

    • @user-jh6kx1fw9h
      @user-jh6kx1fw9h 3 роки тому +3

      Which "these" videos? The problem with demonetizing, imo, began when Internet became common in 3rd-world countries and scammers were enabled to have tools within their homes, right: computers and web access (and they didn't have to have money any more, to visit cafes, heh. :))

    • @user-jh6kx1fw9h
      @user-jh6kx1fw9h 3 роки тому +5

      AKA ^^ "the benefits" of liberal capitalism.

    • @amihere383
      @amihere383 3 роки тому +42

      @@user-jh6kx1fw9h That isn't capitalism, that's cronyism

    • @glenndiddy
      @glenndiddy 3 роки тому +29

      @@user-jh6kx1fw9h i think you mean when advertisers were given the option of filtering so called "no-no words" aka covid, pedophile, fuck, any political terms etc etc

    • @glenndiddy
      @glenndiddy 3 роки тому +27

      Holy moly, the US once again shows us they are nr1.
      In covid 19 cases due to mass brain dysfunction

  • @logangrove4103
    @logangrove4103 4 роки тому +1513

    When you can't go outside so you sit modelling death rates to take your mind off things...

    • @ventooreo9358
      @ventooreo9358 4 роки тому +15

      When you can't go outside so you watch people watching videos about modelling death rates to take your mind off things.

    • @holczy0
      @holczy0 4 роки тому +10

      When you can't go outside so you have to do homeworks all day because my school is an idiot

    • @damir_van_kalaz
      @damir_van_kalaz 4 роки тому +6

      When you never go outside anyway so you just watch as other people struggle to handle living the way you've lived since the day you were born.

    • @conabish
      @conabish 4 роки тому +1

      @@ventooreo9358 Y'all complain too much. If y'all were in public and there wasn't any hotspots/wifi/data/etc. Y'all would be complaining about that. Make up your mind people. You're at home, you can relax, smoke a bowl, eat shrooms for the first time, grow weed and sell it online. Jeez.

    • @mathis8210
      @mathis8210 4 роки тому +1

      Yes, its incredibly soothing to toy around with different models and their death tolls :3

  • @legendsoflaughter3313
    @legendsoflaughter3313 3 роки тому +395

    Spoiler alert: we didn’t

    • @nikheetisnotcool2951
      @nikheetisnotcool2951 3 роки тому +2

      Yes

    • @downbeatfoil5940
      @downbeatfoil5940 3 роки тому +1

      Yes yes

    • @yanivshemtov9430
      @yanivshemtov9430 3 роки тому +11

      @@plazmaguy13yago9 lol I doubt that, they just know how to follow rules..

    • @yanivshemtov9430
      @yanivshemtov9430 3 роки тому +10

      @@plazmaguy13yago9 look up what rules they made, how they tracked every single person to stop contamination, how stuff was cleaned, each room or street people went to they had to scan barcodes to track, they might be lying about the numbers, but they did get something right, everyone can be tracked, only chinese reveal they can do it and actually use it to help people and no one whines “but my rights”

    • @yanivshemtov9430
      @yanivshemtov9430 3 роки тому +4

      @@plazmaguy13yago9 lol nope that’s not it, but yeah I’d be happy if people actually went in isolation and listened to rules

  • @alexweigelhikes
    @alexweigelhikes 3 роки тому +823

    Even after being weeks old, this is the best news coverage I've seen yet.

    • @ronchasr6656
      @ronchasr6656 3 роки тому +7

      Because its science. Most americans arnt familiar with science. They believe their alternative fact, know it all president, who thinks hes smarter than the doctors and scientists.

    • @yegukkim7729
      @yegukkim7729 3 роки тому

      @@ronchasr6656 Donald trump even swears

    • @RSGiraffe
      @RSGiraffe 3 роки тому +2

      Months*

    • @RSGiraffe
      @RSGiraffe 3 роки тому +1

      Ron Chasr be careful you aren’t stereotyping, most people I know are super anti trump, and I live in a supposedly republican state

    • @QueerPolitics
      @QueerPolitics 3 роки тому +2

      Samuel Ray saying “not all Americans” isn’t so helpful either. I agree it’s not useful to be arrogant about relative smartness/whatever to people in the so called US but safeguarding non-Trump-people there often shifts the conversation in another direction.

  • @KoushaTalebian
    @KoushaTalebian 4 роки тому +1677

    "Beautiful horrible graph" - Henry Reich, 2020

    • @fakestory1753
      @fakestory1753 4 роки тому +3

      fabulous and cursed

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 4 роки тому +7

      @Phoenix It's simple, it's just complicated.

    • @amvkarthik
      @amvkarthik 4 роки тому

      Never heard of this oxymoron.

    • @austinmontgomery8908
      @austinmontgomery8908 4 роки тому +3

      Dude china is lying they have most on going cases dont give in to their propaganda

    • @dovos8572
      @dovos8572 4 роки тому +1

      @@austinmontgomery8908 ua-cam.com/video/0W0B2Qg3r2k/v-deo.html that is how china does it... so lieing is not realy what they are doing...

  • @handlesarecringe957
    @handlesarecringe957 4 роки тому +3520

    This, of course, assumes that governments are truthful about infection statistics.

    • @loneskankster2242
      @loneskankster2242 4 роки тому +812

      Which I promise, China is not.

    • @TCSyndicate
      @TCSyndicate 4 роки тому +158

      @Parallax yes

    • @readisgooddewaterkant7890
      @readisgooddewaterkant7890 4 роки тому +110

      @Parallax yes

    • @philossifer6252
      @philossifer6252 4 роки тому +180

      @Parallax , US government is actually boosting testing, so expect cases to skyrocket. China is not even testing which is why their cases are plummeting. Do to the transmission rate the US is most likely already near a million infected, which means the fatality rate is far less than the flu.

    • @ZhengyiYang
      @ZhengyiYang 4 роки тому +104

      @@philossifer6252 I'm glad you know so much about the current situation. Want a degree?

  • @jhwblender
    @jhwblender 3 роки тому +170

    “In these uncertain times, times can be a little uncertain. And when times are uncertain it can be hard to know for certain what time it is” - Ryan George

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 роки тому +1

      nothing new there... only way to win is getting our life back to normal...

    • @williamgarrard9247
      @williamgarrard9247 3 роки тому +3

      Not knowing what time it is is super easy barely an inconvenience

    • @geegeetomlinson2316
      @geegeetomlinson2316 3 роки тому +1

      which sketch was that quote from?

  • @KrisRyanStallard
    @KrisRyanStallard 3 роки тому +159

    I forgot about trying to flatten the curve. This feels like a decade ago.

    • @DaBurntToaster
      @DaBurntToaster 3 роки тому +8

      What was it, 17 days to slow the spread?

    • @KrisRyanStallard
      @KrisRyanStallard 3 роки тому +7

      @@DaBurntToaster something like that. I remember thinking at the time this would be controlled enough we could go back to normal life in just a few months. Then, you know, 2020 just continued to do it's thing...

    • @kalebbruwer
      @kalebbruwer 3 роки тому

      @@DaBurntToaster Depends on the country, in mine it was 21 days. I was pretty sure they were going to extend it, but damn.

    • @tubegerm6732
      @tubegerm6732 3 роки тому +1

      yeah, the goalposts have been moved so far they're on another planet

    • @DMWayne-ke7fl
      @DMWayne-ke7fl 2 роки тому +1

      Because it was a lie.

  • @ceviche4life951
    @ceviche4life951 4 роки тому +632

    It’s this kind of information and education that we need on actual news reports, not just constant reports of the numbers without much context or graphs

    • @ashtonduda9971
      @ashtonduda9971 4 роки тому +15

      Yes but, caviat #5 some countries lie about their data *Cough china*

    • @neo7930
      @neo7930 4 роки тому +11

      @@ashtonduda9971 at first ,China may didn't notice it is a global virus ,but,now,we have controlled it , I'm Chinese,think you ….

    • @golfstar2875
      @golfstar2875 4 роки тому +3

      Ashton mullins Maybe read some reports from the WHO and GISAID.

    • @terryguire1321
      @terryguire1321 4 роки тому +3

      Yes, especially since it's presented so clearly, that even non-mathematical types can get the basic idea.

    • @edep3970
      @edep3970 4 роки тому

      You mean the lies and propaganda about China

  • @definitelynotjoeds8823
    @definitelynotjoeds8823 4 роки тому +690

    This graph gives me the feeling of
    'When you fail a test, but so do the boys.'

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому +1

      Definitely Not Joeds
      İnterestingg
      *ua-cam.com/video/b8dIUi1OcvE/v-deo.html**

    • @iamthatiam4496
      @iamthatiam4496 4 роки тому +16

      I notice a variable like population size is not factored in. Also you are assuming certain countries are being honest. I don’t buy it. No way

    • @swflfishing6140
      @swflfishing6140 4 роки тому +7

      I Am That I Am yes. MSM reporting that US passed China for cases. Except they aren’t reporting that China just stopped counting and testing! When your an authoritarian regime you can make things look the way you want!

    • @lonnie008
      @lonnie008 4 роки тому

      I'm so lost lol why is this trending?

    • @personeater2664
      @personeater2664 4 роки тому

      SWFL Fishing I mean the US also refused to prepare, test, or count for the first weeks of infection.

  • @TheMcFlyjunior
    @TheMcFlyjunior 3 роки тому +132

    "Are you winning son?"
    Gets a whole new meaning

  • @simranjeetsinghmatharoo3877
    @simranjeetsinghmatharoo3877 3 роки тому +69

    "don't plot against time"
    that's a life hack right there

  • @mathtronic
    @mathtronic 4 роки тому +782

    The question of "when does this end" "when do we see the light at the end of the tunnel" is huge to me right now. Thank you for offering a way to look at it that might offer signals for the questions I have.

    • @arctorusmedia
      @arctorusmedia 4 роки тому +6

      That question is huge to everyone.

    • @bias69
      @bias69 4 роки тому +7

      It's not going to end, it's the new 9/11, get used to seasonal lockdowns and shop stock shortages.

    • @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038
      @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 4 роки тому +3

      90 days until the entire world is infected at the current growth rate, which is only about 13% now, worldwide, as opposed to 30% a few weeks ago.
      The more efforts we make to stop the spread the longer it will last, unless we can slow it to the point of stopping, which seems unlikely on a world scale.

    • @cphVlwYa
      @cphVlwYa 4 роки тому +1

      I posted this as a standalone comment, but it pretty much exactly answers your question so I figured I'd paste it here too:
      If you want a better way to generate basic "when does this end" predictions, you should plot a quadratic regression to your plot of y' vs y. Because we expect the growth to be fairly logistic this plot will actually be quadratic and not linear. This allows us to fit a quadratic regression to the data of the form (ax^2 +bx +c) from which we can get values and errors for a and b. We can then uses the values to find the peak of this quadratic (-b/2a) which corresponds to the number of cases when we are halfway to the peak of the disease. By properly propagating the error in the values of a and b, we then get a new interval for the approximate number of cases which we expect to see at the peak of the disease (lets call this value k for now). Then an exponential regression can be fit to the raw case data of the form (ce^(dx)) so that values and standard errors for c and d can be found. We can then solve for x as a function of c,d and k and we see that x = (2/d)ln(k/2c). Finally, propagating the error once again we're left with an interval representing the day we'll most likely hit the carrying capacity of the disease.
      Doing this with the data available back in March 15th it was predicted that the peak would occur somewhere between April 17th and April 26th. But now with the current data this interval has shifted to May 5 - May 10th as of the currently available data today (these are just the numbers for the US btw, but using data from another country of interest or the global population can easily let you make the same predictions for these other populations).

    • @AFuller2020
      @AFuller2020 4 роки тому

      On this channel any good news get deleted, it's all Doom and Gloom here.

  • @leighbee13
    @leighbee13 4 роки тому +557

    This is EXACTLY the thing that I feel I’ve been missing in my obsessive news and stat consumption.

    • @hazelcalderbank1556
      @hazelcalderbank1556 4 роки тому +8

      @Bob Smith It's entirely possible, even likely, that China is lying about infection statistics, but that doesn't mean we can't still use the data from other countries to inform our decisions. Dismissing a pandemic as "fake news" is dangerous and puts not only yourself, but everyone else at risk

    • @tap836
      @tap836 4 роки тому

      Yeah, since most news organizations just pick the charts that appear most alarming / worse politically for those they don't agree with.

    • @heyday1233
      @heyday1233 4 роки тому +1

      You need to remember, when looking at this, you're seeing China as one of the countries who are "beating corona". But they are blatantly lying, and any research into this, and videos about WHO doctors backing china on political issues, so they have access to where it started, shows this even more.
      South Korea, I havent done research into it, on the surface seems like the truth. But it could be lies as well.
      Not to mention all the countries lying and twisting the numbers. The UK for example, doesnt report deaths that happen outside of hospitals as Corona related. Russia is refusing to acknowledge that they're hit and has a spike in 'pneumonia' cases, Turkey was also ignoring it and pretending they had no cases, even going as far as to advertise their country online still. I mean the only way you can trust is North Korea cos their cases they solve by executing when they "escape from quarantine". This pandemic has just shown how fucked the world is, no one can tell the truth. Not even about something as serious and life threatening as this.
      And lastly, countries aren't able to report their numbers rn, because of the over burdened health cares and the testing of essential people only in the UK for example.
      Better way to gage how bad it is, is to look at the critical/serious tab and apply this to MPs video, as opposed to the total numbers.

    • @craigiedema1707
      @craigiedema1707 4 роки тому

      @@heyday1233 they graph the number of deaths as well.

    • @edwintober
      @edwintober 4 роки тому

      @@hazelcalderbank1556 Notice China and S Korea lines go down...controlled news. The other line going down was Diamond Princess...after all 712 on board have Corona

  • @nil2k
    @nil2k 2 роки тому +159

    so, it's 2022 now... might be interesting to see a two year revisit of this topic.. how did vaccinations change the graphs visualized here? what about testing pretty much becoming routine in a lot of places? how about the rampant spread of new variants vs the spread documented here?

    • @grapetoad6595
      @grapetoad6595 2 роки тому +6

      I was just looking at it, for some country's, it seems like they went into lockdown, and cases dropped, and then the second they got out they went back to where they would have been if they hadn't gone into it.
      Others seem to have been slightly more successful, when looking at the graph with all the countries plotted, they leave the curve at about 100k total cases, and then go at a (slightly) shallower slope up, in a new main sequence (idk might be the same slope, just changed because the scales stop it being 1:1 as you move from the main sequence)

    • @MagicallenS
      @MagicallenS 2 роки тому +4

      none of the country beat covid, except china with fake data, instead, most of the country choose herd immunity and live with covid, so who to blame? remember another name of covid19 is wuhan virus

    • @Hebdomad7
      @Hebdomad7 2 роки тому +1

      Well less people are dying once they got the jab which is good thing... the bad side is governments just seem content of letting it rip overloading our hospital systems again. It's not just the people who died of covid19. It's those who died because they could not get the medical care required because the emergency ward was fully packed with covid patients.

    • @danielr700
      @danielr700 2 роки тому +11

      @@MagicallenS trolling brain is also a disease visit your doctor

    • @gt2k01
      @gt2k01 2 роки тому +2

      @@MagicallenS I would call it Detrick virus

  • @mikebaker2436
    @mikebaker2436 2 роки тому +24

    It would be educational to go back and analyze this graph again with hindsight and another year of data points to determine what we new can learn about this approach. How did it do since a year ago.

  • @kkambanite
    @kkambanite 4 роки тому +677

    In my view, the fact you pointed out the "caviats?" of this analysis is the biggest take away. You just educated so many people that a number is a representation of reality and is meaningless without a context. Thank you

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig 4 роки тому +8

      It's spelled with an 'e.'
      Looks like a portmanteau of "cave eats," but I swear that's how it's spelled...

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому +1

      Very good 🤩
      ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html

    • @BasilioColligris
      @BasilioColligris 4 роки тому +6

      Numbers are not the representation of the reality. In the case of China, N. Korea, Turkey, Venezuela etc, their totalitarian regimes don't like to publish the real numbers of deaths and sick people. And we now that from incidents like for example the China’s mobile carriers announced a reduction of 21 Million users for the last months. That's a very bad indication of the user's health. Another piece of news concerning this is here: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/china-concealed-extent-of-virus-outbreak-u-s-intelligence-says

    • @yangluo1342
      @yangluo1342 4 роки тому +1

      没错,中国数据是造假的。贵国的方案是最可靠的。🤣

    • @royyaghi5572
      @royyaghi5572 4 роки тому +2

      I am incredibly glad that he pointed all of these out. I have been trying to explain this to a COUNTLESS amount of people who look at the news and start panicking without even being properly informed.

  • @ChrisCoombes
    @ChrisCoombes 4 роки тому +412

    Never been more grateful for calming background music.

    • @forgottenbow
      @forgottenbow 4 роки тому +11

      Replace this with Doom's "Rip and Tear" track and it becomes a very different video. Super glad for the calming tunes.

    • @angelgjr1999
      @angelgjr1999 4 роки тому +3

      We all need a little calm. We will be okay guys, stay safe.

    • @jamiewise7821
      @jamiewise7821 4 роки тому +1

      Madness

  • @eurasiancat5281
    @eurasiancat5281 2 роки тому +4

    how do people not understand that this video is almost 2 YEARS old

  • @ilghiz
    @ilghiz 3 роки тому +73

    3:45
    Physical distancing!
    That's the right name cuz social distancing is different. We might be physically miles apart but socially close. And we might be physically a few metres from each other but socially in two different universes.

    • @ottomezzetti3939
      @ottomezzetti3939 3 роки тому

      I know I don't know why it keeps being called that

    • @simonhubner932
      @simonhubner932 3 роки тому +1

      @@ottomezzetti3939 I think it`s because normally you would go out and visit friends and stuff, but right now you shouldn`t, so you distance yourself socially. But yeah, there really should be another name for just not getting close on a physical level.

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 роки тому

      can not breeding without pussy... the fact is the risk is about the same as getting hit by a car.. so getting thing back to normal would be piority the vaccine should be ready soon and we just had to get shot every year and wait and see.

    • @Meboy-uv5td
      @Meboy-uv5td 3 роки тому +1

      @@campkira what is this comment i swear

  • @user-pv7eq5gn7h
    @user-pv7eq5gn7h 4 роки тому +1010

    I live in Russia and I am afraid to imagine how many people are really infected here, no one observes the quarantine . I closed my home with my family and survive on the money I earn

    • @tyradeshift6832
      @tyradeshift6832 4 роки тому +65

      We wish you luck and keep you in our prayers my friend! Stay safe. Your family is lucky to have you, a thinking person who chooses to do the right thing! 😉😁🤗🧡💜💙

    • @kenite7980
      @kenite7980 4 роки тому +13

      Omg stay strong and I hope you stay safe with your family

    • @user-fu5eb3vy1o
      @user-fu5eb3vy1o 4 роки тому +16

      косвенно ты можешь отследить это по заполненности больниц и по соцсетям. Когда пойдут массовые случаи это будет сложно скрыть. В Тольятти вроде пока норм, траффик на дорогах резко упал

    • @user-pv7eq5gn7h
      @user-pv7eq5gn7h 4 роки тому +2

      @@tyradeshift6832 thank you 🤗

    • @peterfu6213
      @peterfu6213 4 роки тому +11

      theres probably like 100K cases in russia but they just dont show it

  • @SerenityReceiver
    @SerenityReceiver 4 роки тому +1441

    Finally someone who thinks before blurting out numbers!

    • @Peter7966
      @Peter7966 4 роки тому +15

      @@Matthias_Fischer That's right. Only increased testing will tell us where we really are on X/Y graph. Right now it's like driving in the dark with the headlights off.

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 4 роки тому +1

      Numbers!!!

    • @EtzEchad
      @EtzEchad 4 роки тому +5

      I've been talking about this for a month. (And it's not original with me of course.)
      So far, I've never seen anything on this in the news. Instead, the news is universally hyping the exponential growth aspect of the spread. So called "experts" are pushing the impending doom rather than letting us know when to expect it to stop.
      What you should look for is a decrease in the number of new cases per day. When you get a real downturn in the new cases, that means that the epidemic is about half over. Recently, new cases in Italy have decreased.
      But, a the point of the decrease in new cases, the exponential growth curve is the steepest, so morons think it is getting worse instead of turning around.

    • @FirstSynapse
      @FirstSynapse 4 роки тому +10

      The only numbers you can more or less trust are death numbers, because they are being tracked much better than the total amount of cases because of the low availability of tests in most countries. Total number of infected people now is very likely in the tens of millions if you consider the death rate (

    • @IDoBeSmarter
      @IDoBeSmarter 4 роки тому +3

      He blurted out the CCP's BS lies. They have not beat the virus, you would be foolish to believe a proven liar.

  • @tf1639
    @tf1639 4 роки тому +23

    I've noticed on Aatishb.com/covidtrends that many states seem to be experiencing success in the last couple of days.

  • @octaneblue6
    @octaneblue6 2 роки тому +8

    Losing, we lost.

  • @FelipeKana1
    @FelipeKana1 4 роки тому +606

    "Don't plot against time."
    That's advice for life, folks

    • @apurvakmr
      @apurvakmr 4 роки тому +7

      Yes, that makes me think you might be a wise person

    • @shammerHammer
      @shammerHammer 4 роки тому +16

      as someone who works with time series primarily: fuck.

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому +1

      Felipe Carvalho
      *_????_*
      *ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html*

    • @xHeadcleanerx
      @xHeadcleanerx 4 роки тому +6

      Buy “The Plot Against Time”, my new novel.

    • @Unknown-ht5re
      @Unknown-ht5re 4 роки тому +8

      Oz Khan yeah but trump kind of did the same thing. He downplayed the risks and ignored the problem which only accelerated the pandemic, like the Chinese at the start. Plus they did not cause this, they accelerated the process and danger of the pandemic but they did not cause it. It was going to reach the US eventually it was only a question of when.

  • @mediawolf1
    @mediawolf1 4 роки тому +408

    I've watched this a few times now and it's actually a really good teaching on how to use statistics while being careful to convey what the chart does and doesn't tell us, and what we need to know about what we _don't_ know about the data, in order to use it properly.

    • @redacted9755
      @redacted9755 4 роки тому

      Some nice CCP talking points

    • @sturmtiger7704
      @sturmtiger7704 4 роки тому

      mediawolf Stay strong America, 🇰🇷 ❤️🇺🇸 South Korea is sending Masks & medical supplies. Stay safe.

  • @carlandj
    @carlandj 2 роки тому +1

    June 2021 and I'm still using this website. Thank you Aatish so much for making it!!!

  • @GermanTopGameTV
    @GermanTopGameTV 2 роки тому

    About two years later we unfortunatly know that it will never go away.
    The optimism at the beginning after the shellshock settled is admirable from a position of hindsight...

  • @SgtMickle
    @SgtMickle 4 роки тому +355

    This guy manages to explain what are actually sophisticated mathematical concepts, in a way that anyone can understand. Props.

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому +2

      Sgt. Mickle
      ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html
      OMG wowww

    • @NavaracVolare
      @NavaracVolare 4 роки тому +5

      It is not sophisticated haha

    • @seayellow5834
      @seayellow5834 2 роки тому

      Senior high school students can get this

    • @bigsmall246
      @bigsmall246 Рік тому

      @@NavaracVolare yea but many people never paid attention in school and most forget what they learned immediately after graduating. That is the source of many problems in the world today - stupid people.

  • @alexanderwill2847
    @alexanderwill2847 4 роки тому +393

    Even though I still don't know the future, this is one of the most comforting things I've seen in days. Thank you!

    • @ladymopar2024
      @ladymopar2024 4 роки тому +3

      I agree I'm tired of watching the news stuff like this is really good and informative

    • @connorsherman7932
      @connorsherman7932 4 роки тому +1

      Unless you live in America who is still on the rocket ship

    • @TheCarpenterUnion
      @TheCarpenterUnion 4 роки тому +1

      Why? Unless you live in China or South Korea, you're not doing good at all.

    • @Cazanu417
      @Cazanu417 4 роки тому

      it kinda shows us the worst is already done so if youre feeling great its great you probably dont have it the social distancing or specially lockdowns will have an effect 3 4 weeks we are just seeing tests being done on people infected 2 3 weeks ago.

    • @Nightek1
      @Nightek1 4 роки тому

      Recent scientific study to counteract coronavirus with an over-the-counter drug, google search "1-s2.0-S0024320520303313-main.pdf".

  • @davinriedstra3928
    @davinriedstra3928 3 роки тому +1

    This is a great video. Perhaps even the best I've seen in the realm of Covid-19 coverage and understanding. I would love to see the timelapse graph updated for the end of May or beginning of June.

  • @georgebrandon7696
    @georgebrandon7696 3 роки тому +1

    I'm just here to let you know not only have you inspired me (an executive editor/owner at a small online news publication) but my own state's (PA) health department, as well. If it weren't for the PA DOH, who has the viz on their website, I wouldn't be here. Thank You for this. Now, I am off to do my own Tableau story. I will be sure to mention all of the caveats. I like it when others tell the whole story, not just the bits people want to hear.
    BTW, I love numbers. They don't lie. People and politicians do. I am no stranger to math and physics. I was a USN Nuclear Power Machinist's Mate.
    Again, Thank You. :)

  • @miredabraga5156
    @miredabraga5156 4 роки тому +727

    I can't be the only one noticing South Korea in the headlines every other week placing top position in all kinds of categories these days.. Kudos to them!

    • @zdea777
      @zdea777 4 роки тому +26

      Karen Tomczak they also have access into your credit card history and geo-tags from your phone. So unless you want to sacrifice your right to privacy....

    • @toruko-ishibravo2zulu679
      @toruko-ishibravo2zulu679 4 роки тому +2

      Not mine. I use a rotary. I'm safe until FaceBook has helped China
      run their oversea cable ashore in Oregon for direct wire access to
      The America's. Excuse me if I ignore South Korea and focus on a
      Communist-directed USA Corporation.

    • @coins_png
      @coins_png 4 роки тому +17

      @@zdea777 the heck are you implying ??

    • @AnthraXaXis
      @AnthraXaXis 4 роки тому +3

      @@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679 facebook? you're not safe.

    • @leewonjea7358
      @leewonjea7358 4 роки тому +18

      @@zdea777 bruh you have paranoia

  • @Lkindt
    @Lkindt 4 роки тому +446

    This is brilliant, and so compelling. Hers a note to the "incomplete data: I'm from Denmark and on the 14/3 Denmark changed who should have a Corona test. Denmark went from testing everyone to only the one with severe symptoms, and hence there is a dip in your graph.
    What I find very interesting, in a not-so-good-way, is that now the dailycases runs in parallel again. Frightening.

    • @Calirohe
      @Calirohe 4 роки тому +17

      It is interesting to see how different countries react to the same situation: Switzerland has done the exact opposite, from testing only the "people at risks" with severe symptoms to testing as massively as possible (hence the scary bump in the number of cases confirmed in Switzerland). I hope we can afford to also test people who suspect they got the virus but were only mildly affected, it would certainely give interesting information on the real number of cases.

    • @ThePinkus
      @ThePinkus 4 роки тому +8

      Yes, it is remarkable, even paradoxical, that this graph is significant without being reliant on uniformity of the testing (or reporting) policy of different countires.
      I can tell this by comparing Italy and and S.Korea where the testing policy is completely different as indicated by the ratio of tests to positives: 4:1 in Italy, 26:1 in S.Korea.
      Nonetheless the initial "main sequence" is essentially identical (until S.Korea regained control of the epidemic and drops off the main sequence).
      At least the graph is insensitive to this factor so far as the policy remains constant. As You pointed out, if the testing policy worsen then it could appear as an artificial "favorable" change due to its movement relative to the historical accumulation of the total cases. Since this change of testing efficiency can also be unintended (e.g. if the epidemic saturates the testing capacity), this mimicking of "good results" is actually a very relevant concern when assessing if measures are having some positive effect.
      Italy seems to slowly drop from the sequence, but what is this? Is the effect of the national lock down, or some worsening of detection and reporting? Some confidence comes from the fact that the ratio tests:positives has increased slightly (that's what You get when You increase Your capacity x13 times in 25 days but Your enemy is an exponential, that You are really happy of a slight improvement...), but it is far from settled, and it is not yet to the point that the spread is confirmed to be below its critical efficiency.
      That the graph is mostly not reliant on the quality of data is a good thing, we can assess the trend without needing to make assumptions on that factor.

    • @COVID--ti3hl
      @COVID--ti3hl 4 роки тому

      Covis

    • @jdaddy1962
      @jdaddy1962 4 роки тому +2

      Want to survive?
      Stay inside.
      Wear mask when outside.
      Flush nasal passages at least twice a day.
      If you have a "FloNase" type of device...use it.
      If not.....use a squirt bottle with warm+ water.
      The spraying you all have witnessed for the
      past year is now showing results
      AGENDA 21

    • @stephanweinberger
      @stephanweinberger 4 роки тому +1

      @@ThePinkus that's the nice thing about the double-log scale. Changes in testing methodology will just shift the line horizontally or vertically, while maintaining the overall slope. And even comparably large shifts in the absolute numbers are "dampened" by the log scales.

  • @rgrrgrsxndngr1904
    @rgrrgrsxndngr1904 4 роки тому +1

    Could this be done with a three day avg for the y axis? I’m trying to do this for Navajo Nation. I have daily Total Covid19 case numbers and daily new cases on an excel file. I did a 3 day avg, then scatter plotted the 3 day avg to the daily total cases, so essentially the x axis is also time. Is it possible to DM or post on another social media account a pic of the table and graph I have?

  • @xcmysterioushope7053
    @xcmysterioushope7053 3 роки тому

    After watching a video on the number of infections, and realizing that it was not what I wanted to know, this was very beneficial.

  • @Vits117
    @Vits117 4 роки тому +628

    One word: YES.
    The most important thing is not where we are in absolute numbers, but rather where we are headed in relative numbers.
    Finally a voice of reason among the white noise: Science.

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 4 роки тому +3

      In relative numbers most every country is headed up as in an exponential increase in infected cases. Only those regions that initiated a complete shut down early on have chance to "flatten the curve". And yet even those will likely experience a high number of cases though not necessarily an extreme number of cases.

    • @whyOhWhyohwhy237
      @whyOhWhyohwhy237 4 роки тому +3

      @@michaeldeierhoi4096 flattening the curve is not binary, every precaution taken against a disease flattens the curve to some extent. Though I do agree that earlier quarantine would be FAR nore effective.

    • @lwutx3
      @lwutx3 4 роки тому +3

      One word: NO.
      Don’t get comfy. Nearly every country is lying about the severity or cannot record infections/deaths effectively

    • @SCORP1ONF1RE
      @SCORP1ONF1RE 4 роки тому +1

      ^This. If you wanna help out, start making masks. And I mean good ones. So 'the shopper' can come home uninfected. There are great tutorials. You also need airtight goggles. Check dads toolbox.

    • @SCORP1ONF1RE
      @SCORP1ONF1RE 4 роки тому +1

      Best mask righ here ua-cam.com/video/W6d3twpHwis/v-deo.html

  • @dAvrilthebear
    @dAvrilthebear 4 роки тому +758

    So far this graph shows that almost everyone is doing equally bad.

    • @goofygrandlouis6296
      @goofygrandlouis6296 4 роки тому +111

      CHINA IS NOT AN OPEN DEMOCRACY => FAKE NUMBERS !

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 4 роки тому +56

      dAvrilthebear
      Except for South Korea, good job fellas.

    • @hamiltonumbatanakgeorge433
      @hamiltonumbatanakgeorge433 4 роки тому +68

      I do not 100% believe the chinese number going down and them having it under control.
      I slightly believe the numbere in
      S. Korea are slowing down.

    • @fnors2
      @fnors2 4 роки тому +96

      @@hamiltonumbatanakgeorge433 obviously. China's new cases number suddenly became 0. It didn't slow down, it just... Stopped dead in its tracks.
      That means that China is most definitely lying about their numbers. Especially after they kicked out all foreign journalists. Either they just lie outright or they stopped testing for it so the number can't rise anymore.

    • @user-sk9pt7ll9v
      @user-sk9pt7ll9v 4 роки тому +26

      @@fnors2 You are brainwashed.

  • @BigNick3468
    @BigNick3468 3 роки тому +1

    This is easily the best video about this on the internet. You present it in a way that is approachable even for people who have no background in data science. Would you consider doing a follow-up video where you interpret the graphs?
    Also, I like how Aatish Bhatia added "reported deaths" to his website since # of cases is so dependent on testing. Numbers of deaths can also be highly subjective but I feel it is more dependable. Would you agree?

  • @michaelj.smithph.d.9114
    @michaelj.smithph.d.9114 3 роки тому +1

    This is a wonderful primer in everyday language suitable for sharing with my friends and colleagues trying to make sense out of COVID19. Thank you!

  • @polyjackets8659
    @polyjackets8659 4 роки тому +309

    i really enjoy the music. calming despite a stressful topic.

    • @Name-jw4sj
      @Name-jw4sj 4 роки тому

      I didn't even noticed it. I am over here trying to understand the video and yet yall comments is about the background music. Like wtf who notices that?

  • @andrewcgs
    @andrewcgs 4 роки тому +1155

    "(Assuming you trust the data)"
    Shots fired at pretty much everyone!

    • @sadface7457
      @sadface7457 4 роки тому +44

      That not always a pessimistic statement. The Oxford study assume the infection rate is higher but the symptomatic fraction is lowwer, because only symptomatic people being tested the actual number of carriers is unknown. Rationing has introduced a bais into the data.

    • @timogeerties3487
      @timogeerties3487 4 роки тому +156

      Well, China reportedly destroys the samples. I don't trust their data

    • @gqqq5042
      @gqqq5042 4 роки тому +41

      Mostly China.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 4 роки тому +34

      china's data is false, but recently we've seen the usa hiding cases as well.

    • @lee7734
      @lee7734 4 роки тому +16

      everyone talking about china but what about iran? russia? the US?

  • @interstellargreenbean
    @interstellargreenbean 3 роки тому

    Pennsylvania just began reporting data using this method and cited this video as the inspiration. Thank you.

  • @vt3979
    @vt3979 4 роки тому

    See another video comparing specifically spread in India compared to United States based on the type of data tracking you have recommended in this video! ua-cam.com/video/DhV_DAj8dV0/v-deo.html

  • @linhe6729
    @linhe6729 4 роки тому +3080

    Easy. I live in LA and my neighbor just had a party. So we are losing big.

    • @greenbin3028
      @greenbin3028 4 роки тому +487

      @JGD having a party isn't illegal so they can't arrest them for it, also why the fuck do you want him to shoot them
      "You're the problem" he can't do shit about it

    • @simonwiltshire7089
      @simonwiltshire7089 4 роки тому +100

      Darwinism in action

    • @SiqueiraMath
      @SiqueiraMath 4 роки тому +55

      Natural selection in action, Darwin always right!

    • @kaidzz
      @kaidzz 4 роки тому +164

      @@dand1455 you're one of the kind that spread the disease. don't worry we have Natural selection.

    • @drmachinewerke1
      @drmachinewerke1 4 роки тому +8

      Just watch once your neighbor is ill . The looting will start.
      Let them party. All you can do is give them advice and stay away stay safe .

  • @GaryCrasher
    @GaryCrasher 4 роки тому +463

    "I've been thinking more about epidemiology rather than physics"
    honestly, same

  • @slobodanvidakovic4567
    @slobodanvidakovic4567 2 роки тому +4

    You will know. When mainstream media starts slowing down on constant talk about Covid, that is when we start beating it.

  • @hernanlarralde6361
    @hernanlarralde6361 4 роки тому +1

    Hello! Perhaps others have already pointed this out, but what is important in your log-log plot is not that it is a straight line, but rather,
    that the slope of the line is 1 for exponential growth... Other growth laws also give straight lines in this kind of plot, but with different slopes. I believe you should edit the video, as it contains important info and has a large following.

  • @ruedigersens9888
    @ruedigersens9888 4 роки тому +166

    I am a natural scientist (quantum chemist) and would like to express my greatest appreciation. Boys, keep it up!
    Greetings from Rhineland-Palatinate, the Tuscany of Germany.

    • @aloysiusvo318
      @aloysiusvo318 4 роки тому +6

      ruediger sens I’m an expert in Super Quantum Physics that can time travel. I also would like to express my appreciation

    • @ladderlappen4585
      @ladderlappen4585 4 роки тому +4

      there are big and small trees and i would like to express my greatest appreciation

    • @gracefaith1282
      @gracefaith1282 4 роки тому

      🤔

    • @Ssyphoned
      @Ssyphoned 4 роки тому +2

      Brock Madigan Busy wasting trillions of dollars trying to make an anti hydrogen for no fucking reason

    • @him6008
      @him6008 4 роки тому +4

      @@Ssyphoned It might not look worth today, but tomorrow you will see all of the reasons that seemed meaningless today.

  • @joshr.5199
    @joshr.5199 4 роки тому +1240

    Highschool math student: "I will never see this again, why am I learning it?"

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro 4 роки тому +181

      _"No, not you, but your smart classmates will see it again."_

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady 4 роки тому +69

      @@DonVigaDeFierro Correction: Your classmates that will go to a field where this is relevant :)

    • @roroo3045
      @roroo3045 4 роки тому +23

      Math is still wack lol

    • @ACE360x
      @ACE360x 4 роки тому +43

      @@roroo3045 I will fight you

    • @ross1880
      @ross1880 4 роки тому +1

      This guy knows math.

  • @jasonebat1074
    @jasonebat1074 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you UA-cam, for recommending this a year in 2022, just for old times sake am I right....

  • @cwsfan16
    @cwsfan16 4 роки тому +4

    I would love to see how this data has changed over the past few weeks

  • @BIRDMANROB1
    @BIRDMANROB1 4 роки тому +513

    I'm no genius on maths... But found this a far more accurate representation of trends for Covid-19.

    • @wizard7314
      @wizard7314 4 роки тому +4

      @Bob Smith what are you referring to?

    • @aleka..
      @aleka.. 4 роки тому +1

      @@wizard7314
      Bob probably is getting foil hat feedback often, for "anything can happen" truism stretched to untrue territories. (conspiracy theory thinking)
      There are limits to our knowledge, and any decent scientist knows that, but can speak with reasonable amount of certainty, too.
      And for this virus, I've yet to see anyone claiming to know what they don't.
      (and I'm following a lot of various experts in related fields)

    • @wongelfski4681
      @wongelfski4681 4 роки тому

      Rob Scott Thanks we should delete this video and just leave your comment in its place

    • @stormmeansnowork
      @stormmeansnowork 4 роки тому +3

      If there's one thing this Wuhan SARS virus (which is what the Loyal Chinese lapdog WHO called COVID-19 after China's political lobbying) taught us, it must be the fact that the China government is a habitual lair.
      Hit the emergency button like China? It shows that you know China nowhere as well as those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. No offence, seeing and making sense of the figure and graphs is one thing, taking active measures are quite another, and here is the key point - Hongkongers and Taiwanese, both closest to China geographically and commercially were supposed to be most affected, and yet they were far better than the Europeans and Americans, because both do the same thing --> wear surgical masks whenever you are among the crowd and do not trust China. The case figures in HK and TW will show you whether this is true.
      Washing hands are necessary, but for WHO to stress this is no different from making a statement of discovering that your mother is a woman. WEAR THE MASKS!

    • @btt8967
      @btt8967 4 роки тому

      Never heard about your “wave theorem”, but yes the virus may come back.........in another kind of virus. Newest scientist research are try to find a “general vaccine” to solve groups of virus in one vaccine but this is still far away to go. There some fact about your questions why China don’t curfew and lockdown each province, in fact they did. I know this because my parents is currently in China and she told me people are not allowed to travel unless they have “health card”, country side or community are not allowed any entry even traveler have the health card, so that means my father can’t going to her own house just because he had been coming to other provinces.

  • @lightbox617
    @lightbox617 4 роки тому +87

    I live in Newark, NJ; across the river from NYC. For the first time in my life, my lack of social awareness and reclusive behavior is working for me.

    • @bbsonjohn
      @bbsonjohn 4 роки тому +2

      That’s why evolution preserve lone wolf gene

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому

      Timothy Dingman
      Vsauce is ⚰️😖
      *ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html*

    • @billelkins994
      @billelkins994 4 роки тому +1

      After this is over and we are the only ones left we will have to think about getting together for a big party.

  • @lilwalis6742
    @lilwalis6742 3 роки тому +2

    This looks so amazing and tells a lot about the story. Thank you!

  • @Don-uh1eb
    @Don-uh1eb 3 роки тому

    I want to make an analysis like this for my Country (Costa Rica) but we have few cases per day(147 in a day is the biggest one) do you recomend to use a log scale too? Or do I use the total number?

  • @WixdomGaming
    @WixdomGaming 4 роки тому +447

    USA on the graph:
    *I am speed.*

    • @prawny12009
      @prawny12009 4 роки тому +20

      The countries that are growing the fastest are those that are doing the most testing, if you don't test anyone it would look like you have no cases when in reality you would just be ignorant to the truth.
      This was one reason the UK government restricted testing to include only those already showing symptoms (and even then not everyone is being tested just those likely to survive) to artificially lower the numbers.
      In my opinion everyone should be tested so that those who test as post infection can be studied to establish what the long term immunity and infection rates are likely to be, by taking regular follow up samples and possibly volunteers re exposing themselves for medical research.
      And those that show no infection can take the precautions necessary, no point everyone staying home of half of you have already had the virus.
      Without testing their will be countless people convinced they are immune when in fact they had a regular flu or cold, putting themselves and others in danger out of ignorance.

    • @nelsonk1341
      @nelsonk1341 4 роки тому +6

      Trump: like I said kids, America first. Vote me

    • @mrpepe9502
      @mrpepe9502 4 роки тому +12

      @@prawny12009
      Donald Trump: "We tested by far the most people, more than any other country in the world."
      5:44: whoops

    • @anomalous8565
      @anomalous8565 4 роки тому +2

      mr pepe that's both hilarious and sad
      Because the government's competence is severely lacking right about now

    • @pauloygarcia
      @pauloygarcia 4 роки тому

      @@mrpepe9502 This data is from march 19th. We did test most people in the world by now as of 3/30 we are closing 600k test. Although South Korea still surpasses the US on tests by 100k people, because obviously, the US is a much more populated country.

  • @GhostfacePunk
    @GhostfacePunk 4 роки тому +392

    I'm not scared of Corona virus, I'm scared of my mom or grandparents getting it.

    • @arclight-1717
      @arclight-1717 4 роки тому +9

      Boomin15MVP little did we know that Boomin was 115 years old.

    • @tristondon
      @tristondon 4 роки тому +10

      You should be I knew a 17 year old who got it this is very real please believe it

    • @shiranaisekai5363
      @shiranaisekai5363 4 роки тому +14

      It's gonna be okay, mate. I know they're gonna pull through!

    • @Violetenist
      @Violetenist 4 роки тому +10

      @@tristondon the overall percentage of chance is still extremely low. Theres gonna be somebody but in the end young peoples are mostly fine

    • @ChrisJones-rd4wb
      @ChrisJones-rd4wb 4 роки тому +15

      @@tristondon
      Im 17, I got it a few weeks ago, im totally fine.

  • @olivierbertrand9680
    @olivierbertrand9680 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the inspiring video. I have been wondering about how to detect new outbreaks. Following a similar approach, we could count new cases as a number of total cases after "the" end of the last outbreak, but that would require to identify the end of the last outbreak. Plotting the total count on a linear-x, logarithm-y-axis may however seem to be a better approach but I fail to see why it shoud be.

  • @BradElliot
    @BradElliot 3 роки тому +4

    Could we get an updated version of this graph

    • @sillysimon9886
      @sillysimon9886 3 роки тому

      The website is still in the description. The graph is updated on the website.

  • @daryljump1768
    @daryljump1768 4 роки тому +264

    Very well put together. Sharing with a handful of non-scientist friends and family.

  • @jesuscristxc3448
    @jesuscristxc3448 4 роки тому +270

    "flatten the curve"
    me: waaaait a second...

  • @tridiots3681
    @tridiots3681 3 роки тому +3

    him: hey im henry (draws a stickman)
    me: henry stickmin?

    • @zyxer3610
      @zyxer3610 3 роки тому +1

      Lmao the games are too good 😂

  • @gangashankarsingh.2691
    @gangashankarsingh.2691 3 роки тому

    @minutephysics
    Doesn't the graph look similar because the logarithmic scale is too big to measure(comparative minor) deviations? It's like differentiating 2 stars in the sky, despite being very different in size they would look more or less similar, like a dot. Kindly enlighten.

  • @jpeg7082
    @jpeg7082 4 роки тому +1819

    UA-cam is more helpful about the Coronavirus than the news is.

    • @mmwosu
      @mmwosu 4 роки тому +87

      That’s because all TV media outlets are trying to politicize it

    • @rood6422
      @rood6422 4 роки тому +19

      The data regarding China is incorrect they're apparently having a 2nd large spike

    • @forrestcars
      @forrestcars 4 роки тому +5

      Kinda sad but true

    • @loxp1713
      @loxp1713 4 роки тому +30

      Yeah, the news is 100% to blame for all the panic shopping everybody has done, causing toilet paper to go outta stock everywhere 😂

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 роки тому +17

      News has done nothing but fearmongering left and right. So sick of it!

  • @Zw285
    @Zw285 4 роки тому +377

    Thank you so much for making this. I hate the 24 news cycle and how it purposefully milks any story for all it's worth.
    Unlike them, this is actually informative and paints a picture for a hopeful future.

    • @WillToNihilsm
      @WillToNihilsm 4 роки тому +7

      Stop watching the news media then. You are giving them money by watching.

    • @PeterAuto1
      @PeterAuto1 4 роки тому +1

      @@fios4528 It's still mostly only a snapshot of the development not a view of the development

    • @abdulmasaiev9024
      @abdulmasaiev9024 4 роки тому +7

      Does it, though? Almost all countries are right on the "it's not working" path, other than China (which took serious measures and also is probably lying on top of that), South Korea (which took serious measures also, from the get-go) and maaaaaaaaybe Iran (don't know anything about their situation, can't comment... though I wouldn't be surprised if they're downplaying the numbers too). Everyone else seems to be going straight towards the top-right corner.

    • @SolvayConference
      @SolvayConference 4 роки тому

      @@abdulmasaiev9024 Wasn't Iran in one of the worst states? Didn't they have people literally dying in the streets?

    • @abdulmasaiev9024
      @abdulmasaiev9024 4 роки тому

      @Yoochan Shin I know it had its health minister coughing his lungs out on live TV while doing an inteview insisting everything was fine and that the virus wasn't going to be a problem, then soon after that dying of the virus because of course that's why he was coughing. I'm not super predisposed to trust their reporting now, but who knows. I haven't looked into it too closely since then, it's a problem everywhere, so I was looking at much closer to home.

  • @dongyeunkim6767
    @dongyeunkim6767 3 роки тому +1

    COVID-19:
    *_exists_*
    Korea CDC:
    *_So you have chosen D E A T H_*

  • @noahhieb7280
    @noahhieb7280 2 роки тому +1

    Can we get this updated to now to see what the graphs look like

  • @araujopsy
    @araujopsy 4 роки тому +226

    The 'don't plot against time ' was something I loved hearing in this video. Excellent work.

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому +1

      Eliezer Araújo
      Lit vid. *ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html*

    • @slam5
      @slam5 4 роки тому +1

      you have to understand a bit about calculus and stats to understand this video.

    • @ahndeux
      @ahndeux 4 роки тому +3

      He is full of it. He is definitely plotting against time. That is the only way he can get those charts. The implication is the total number of cases increases with time. He just superimposes it on the graph as a line. The time factor is just not presented as a consistent linear or log scale. What it really doesn't show in the graph is how rapidly the disease is progressing. A disease that reaches 100K infection in one week vs one year looks like the same graph on his chart since it only counts the total number of cases.

    • @aras2454
      @aras2454 4 роки тому +8

      @@ahndeux But his point was do not plot AGAINST time lol which in my understanding means not putting the class intervals representing time on the x axis, right?

    • @haozheloh3728
      @haozheloh3728 4 роки тому +2

      @@ahndeux u mislook the y-axis, which is the cumulative new case in past week.
      So 100k in 1 week vs 1 year definitely will not be the same

  • @Crashdownfully
    @Crashdownfully 2 роки тому +1

    Can we have an update on this? It would be great to have a link for this animated graph, that gets updated regularly.

  • @familia3sgte
    @familia3sgte 2 роки тому +3

    Omicron: Allow us to introduce ourselves..

  • @jon9828
    @jon9828 4 роки тому +962

    The pop-up of "assuming you trust the data" is SO VERY important.

    • @tomstech4390
      @tomstech4390 4 роки тому +33

      Covid-19 doesn't care who you trust.

    • @user-hm4xp6iv9u
      @user-hm4xp6iv9u 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao

    • @ohlookitisacat7404
      @ohlookitisacat7404 4 роки тому +33

      @@bigmoneyabbott3001

    • @simonz7904
      @simonz7904 4 роки тому +7

      Python PogChamp Live in your poor fantasy land and wait for getting a white lung. Never trust China makes where you are.

    • @eugene8498
      @eugene8498 4 роки тому +28

      ​@@comp.eng.student2055 Nope. You're a liar, or brainwashed by your capitalist goverment that is so used to lying that they have people like Trump and Hillary to be their puppets.
      What did your capitalist leaders tell you? "Think of it like the flu", "it'll disappear like a miracle", Huh!?
      In the meantime, China acted, public transports were cut between cities, and even villages, people isolated themselves, wore masks if needed to be in public, while you watched, laughed, and criticized.
      Your leaders won't admit it's was their fault. They just blame China, as in everything else. How convenient! And you brainwashed herds believe them.
      Accusing China of practicing slavery, seriously? Sure, about a hundred years ago, just like the US. Now? Any proof you've got? Any none idiotic proof.

  • @v_srikanth
    @v_srikanth 4 роки тому +306

    This is something I didn't know I needed to see. I'm not saying I'm completely relieved after seeing this video but I have a better understanding of the pandemic now. The clarity has bought some calmness in my turbulent mind and I appreciate the meticulous efforts the creator has put in to show the bigger picture.
    Thank you Minute Physics!

    • @katiegunzz8525
      @katiegunzz8525 4 роки тому

      Srikãnth V well said

    • @AR-ob7nl
      @AR-ob7nl 4 роки тому +16

      I don’t know why this gives you calm. This graph shows that only 2 countries (South Korea and China) have SLOWED the spread (not even stopped) and that every other country still has rapid exponential spread of the virus

    • @uniontoke420
      @uniontoke420 4 роки тому +12

      @@AR-ob7nl That and China is not being completely honest about their death toll numbers

    • @asasheffield9971
      @asasheffield9971 4 роки тому

      @@AR-ob7nl This can't be said enough. Why in the world would this give anyone peace of mind? The answer is that despite how informative this video is, it's still over the heads of common lay people. And that's not even necessarily their fault or a shot at their intelligence. There was just too much that *wasn't* said concerning this whole ordeal in this video.

    • @hitrapperandartistdababy
      @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 роки тому

      A R AS OF NOW! Thats the part you forget. Like he literally said, its hard to follow this thing accurately because of how fast its going. This is only a question of time. Not about wether we will beat it or not. Because we will. Thats certain

  • @mustafaemrebasaran7701
    @mustafaemrebasaran7701 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing explanation. Thank you for making this video.

  • @DoubleDiction
    @DoubleDiction 4 роки тому +2

    After returning from China to the USA my boyfriend had “the worst flu of his life” with high fever, coughing, malaise that tapered off after a couple weeks. CDC has nothing to say when called. Now i’m midway through something eerily similar. Can’t get a hospital, can’t find a drive through test, CDC is overwhelmed no one has counted our data.

  • @jquavee
    @jquavee 4 роки тому +128

    Gotta love seeing the noble land of Diamond Princess on all these

    • @erex9875
      @erex9875 4 роки тому +2

      Jack Davey IKR LMAO

    • @Soken50
      @Soken50 4 роки тому

      Do you know what diamond Princess actually is ? It not quite as noble as it is a tragic case study of the spread of the virus in a closed environment

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation 4 роки тому +323

    Love how Denmark, Sweden and Norway, each do a little dip in the chart, diverging from the rest...but then continue upward.
    Being from Denmark myself, I can confirm how there was a public announcement, causing a bit of a scare, that led to an initial panic, followed by a period of nation-wide isolation (as desired). Shopping was SUCH a delight in this time. You'd go into a store and there'd be 2~3 other people, allowing me to get my shopping done in seconds.
    However, now that a few weeks have passed, people got _"used to"_ or I might even say... _"BORED"_ of the Covid-19 spread and loosened up way too much... Now that I go shopping, the stores a crammed as usual. Old folks, who are ill advised to be leaving the safety of their homes in these times, pushing carts around at 1 meter per minute. Couples, bringing ALL their kids, to clog up the candy, or dairy-isle, to bicker over what flavor yogurt to get and whatnot... That's likely why, the growth has picked up again, in Scandinavia.
    People got way too relaxed, way too soon, all at the same time, to continue as they've always had and thus, the spread picks up the pace again. 😷

    • @Oachh
      @Oachh 4 роки тому +15

      Well, Sweden just test the people in hospitals/the one in the risk group, therefor will we only have a lwoer amount of detected cases aswell. Then it's possible to say " we have it under control" but in reality the goverment is just putting their head in the sand.
      But today they announced they will start testing more people other than ppl in hospitals & risk group, so maybe it's just gonna come as a huuuge spike now as detected cases in sweden.

    • @taserrr
      @taserrr 4 роки тому +8

      The issue is the death increase you see now is from people that got infected 2-3 weeks ago. It takes about a week to acquire symptoms and than it gets more serious to a point where you're forced oxygen and when it gets real bad you lose 80% of your lung capacity and die eventually. So A LOT more people will get infected when they're packed in supermarkets.

    • @thepeppanugget3594
      @thepeppanugget3594 4 роки тому +7

      The Swedish government isn’t really caring about our people, people in Lomma are going out side to restaurants. The only thing my school did to prevent corona spreading was to let one class after another lot to go inside to get food

    • @Bleideris0
      @Bleideris0 4 роки тому

      @@thepeppanugget3594 in my country all schools were shut down, online studying comence!

    • @napoleonfuckeged5956
      @napoleonfuckeged5956 4 роки тому

      Godt med nogle kloge danskere❤️❤️

  • @StandardName562
    @StandardName562 2 роки тому +1

    You can tell by countries stopping any enforcement of restrictions like Spain, England or Denmark

  • @freedapeeple4049
    @freedapeeple4049 3 роки тому

    I was not expecting a cogent, clear, informative video, but that's what I got! Thanks!!

  • @raginplayer2665
    @raginplayer2665 4 роки тому +417

    The background music makes me want to start learning trigonometry

    • @christopherbradley7149
      @christopherbradley7149 4 роки тому +4

      RaginPlayer YOU’RE A FREAK

    • @KIMK0K
      @KIMK0K 4 роки тому +8

      That's how they get you!

    • @HighLieBH
      @HighLieBH 4 роки тому +7

      No no, let the man try.

    • @willadams8558
      @willadams8558 4 роки тому +2

      RaginPlayer or play wii

    • @Diaming787
      @Diaming787 4 роки тому +3

      Once you start learning trigonometry, you will never go back. There is always more to learn in trigonometry related concepts no matter how much you learn.

  • @PeterTea
    @PeterTea 4 роки тому +83

    Thanks. I was just telling a friend that many people have trouble comprehending exponential growth. This does a great job of explaning that.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 4 роки тому +1

      That's a start, but this is more likely to follow a logistics curve where it starts out exponential and then slows down in a similar way as the number of potential hosts and resources decrease.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function It shows up a lot in things like this and word of mouth campaign as you start slow, it gets extremely fast, and then it tails off at the end.

    • @Karen-pl8kd
      @Karen-pl8kd 4 роки тому

      How can people work with this data when it's inaccurate and full of lies? Especially China. Are people that gullible?

  • @pragadeeshsv6596
    @pragadeeshsv6596 3 роки тому

    can u please say which animation software did u usesd for ur video?

  • @aspineux
    @aspineux 3 роки тому

    Very good video (as usual).
    Always have a good understanding of the problem!

  • @MeTurtlesLike
    @MeTurtlesLike 4 роки тому +140

    Really interesting point about how more infections --> more testing ---> more "cases". That helps explain the absolute explosion in the growth rate when the virus starts to become worrying enough that mass testing happens

    • @6AxisSage
      @6AxisSage 4 роки тому +3

      Only if you're trying to hold onto your narrative that its all a hoax and you're trying to insulate yourself from being really really wrong in your predictions a week or so ago.

    • @ThePinkus
      @ThePinkus 4 роки тому +8

      Mass testing at a national level did not occur, the capacity for this is non existent. Essentially all testing are risk-assessment based. You can roughly estimate the criteria of admission to test by the ratio of tests done to positive cases. This gives the mean risk of resulting positive for the population that was tested.
      With 26:1 in S.Korea I estimate that the policy tested people with a mean of 5% risk (I am assuming 70% sensitivity, and the estimation is blatantly rough).
      With 2,5:1 in Lombardy the policy tested people with more than a 50% risk of being positive.
      This indicates a lot about how proactive is the effort of identifying "hidden" cases.
      Or rather (roughly speaking) in S.Korea they were looking for hidden cases, in Lombardy just for confirmation of the already likely diagnosis.
      This indicates/rates how countries manage the epidemic. No surprise that Italy was forced into a national lock down.

    • @halleffect5439
      @halleffect5439 4 роки тому

      The ratio between infected and deaths are invers to what you are telling here.

    • @poweredbyrice5708
      @poweredbyrice5708 4 роки тому

      500 people show up to test....10 have it in the line...now 100+ will have it in 2-14 days. Rinse and repeat. Testing doesn't cure anything.

  • @Anthony-cl8df
    @Anthony-cl8df 4 роки тому +326

    “How to tell if COVID-19 is beating us”

    • @ajv802
      @ajv802 4 роки тому +22

      @TheGhost Not according to Trump, things will be business as usual by Easter....
      Q. Is Trump a compulsive or a pathological liar?

    • @pepper4032
      @pepper4032 4 роки тому +13

      @TheGhost if America does what everyone did( like China) and stay inside/ self Quarantine ( which most of the population is doing in America) then we'll be fine. I believe the issue that makes America Look like it's getting worse is that we only started taking it seriously recently

    • @pepper4032
      @pepper4032 4 роки тому +9

      @@ajv802 Trump just needs to shut his mouth sometimes. As someone who likes to look at both party ideas and form my own opinion from it, Trump isn't as bad as extreme liberals make him to be. I don't like him, he's compulsive yes, but he's not an absolute terrible president.

    • @Natibe_
      @Natibe_ 4 роки тому +16

      Pepper 403 he’s got a higher approval rating now than ever before (according to the accumulator of all popularity surveys on FiveThirtyEight). People are believing him. Our country literally believes a month’s rent and billions in bailouts to the companies that spread this shit around will cure both the virus and it’s associated economic collapse. Why? Because of less than a week of positive stock data fueled solely by the bailouts and thirty damage control press releases where he makes nothing but empty promises and self-hype monologues. Meanwhile the virus continues unimpeded and unemployment is absolutely exploding. We’re all fucking doomed.

    • @pepper4032
      @pepper4032 4 роки тому +6

      @@Natibe_ He's the President during a difficult time in America. Every President has lied too. And yeah, right now he's been lying quite a bit about getting testing to everyone and etc. But that doesn't mean he's terrible. He's trying to keep the country Calm. Also, the people that believe that are idiots and are obviously not looking at stats and crap. Media is exploding the virus and honestly it's hard to choose on what to believe at this point. Ppl want to trust the President but sadly the government is a Lil corrupted. We're not all doomed though. The virus is causing unemployment yes but that in itself is not the governments fualt. And they're trying to do the best they can but honestly, anything Trump does to try to help is going to get sh*it on. And that's why I am some what defending him. Even if he's trying to help, ppl are still gonna sh*t on him

  • @JohnSmith-oq4gy
    @JohnSmith-oq4gy 4 роки тому +1

    Can you please update the chart and post an updated data plot?

  • @rikiship62
    @rikiship62 3 роки тому +1

    A follow up on this would be great to see a before vs now

  • @yaboiranger5465
    @yaboiranger5465 4 роки тому +427

    local neightbors had a house party last night when my town started the home confinement rule so i'm not so sure if we're winning

    • @lisar3777
      @lisar3777 4 роки тому +19

      My daughter is in isolation in a city. She looks out her window and constantly sees crew trucks of Latin day laborers risking the lives of people ......to prune a tree

    • @notjpegmafia9690
      @notjpegmafia9690 4 роки тому +97

      Lisa R How exactly does being Latino have any relevance to your comment? Also, I saw your insensitive previous comment about NY being ran by liberals and that’s why there is the situation there in. This isn’t about politics or ethnicity. I know Fox News and your ALT Right Neo Nazi mentality wont let you believe that. People are dying and you choose to be racist the far right political. Absolutely disgusting.

    • @yesbabelon
      @yesbabelon 4 роки тому +29

      @@notjpegmafia9690 needs more buzzwords.
      4/10 - wouldn't read again

    • @notjpegmafia9690
      @notjpegmafia9690 4 роки тому +12

      Yesbabelon Good thing you read it the first time then 🤠

    • @interstellarsurfer
      @interstellarsurfer 4 роки тому +24

      @@lisar3777 You 'personally' going to help those guys feed their families and pay the rent? Stay in your safespace and let the men risk their lives for your benefit. 😉👍

  • @EricCarroll
    @EricCarroll 4 роки тому +68

    Henry, I haven't thanked you for MinutePhysics in comments before, so let me say, Thank You.
    My undergrad was in physics, and my wife, a social worker, and I watch your videos and talk about the ideas. She loves it. Its amazing - its clear enough for someone not trained in physics to understand and appreciate, and interesting enough for someone trained in physics to appreciate the rigour and enjoy. Thats a brilliant combination. I continue to marvel at how you pull it off.
    This one, however, its perhaps the most important video you have ever posted. I have posted it all over my social media feeds. Thank you for doing this. Its a huge, profound public service. Phase space plots applied to infection - who would have guessed. Wish I had thougt of it. I learned something here. Thank you.

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому

      Eric Carroll
      ?he is *_-👉⚰️👈😖😖😖-_*
      *ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html*

  • @wyattbreymeyer4033
    @wyattbreymeyer4033 2 роки тому +1

    i still come back to this every week or so

  • @nikkigriffin6441
    @nikkigriffin6441 3 роки тому +16

    I’d love to see an updated graph for July

    • @stevewilliams8652
      @stevewilliams8652 3 роки тому +1

      Go to aatishb.com/covidtrends to explore the graph (hyperlink is above). It is up to date and you can pick which countries you want to examine.

  • @supengwu576
    @supengwu576 4 роки тому +555

    Me: panic because of the coronavirus
    Ad: there’s an epidemic spreading
    Me: *breathing intensifies
    Ad: it’s vaping
    Me: ...

    • @ishandey6061
      @ishandey6061 4 роки тому

      pandemic*

    • @akocat9710
      @akocat9710 4 роки тому +20

      @@ishandey6061 The advertisement uses the word “epidemic” I get that ad all the time

    • @memeshackclap
      @memeshackclap 4 роки тому +1

      @rabbitwho LOL THAT 2005 FORM

    • @tedtheodore5715
      @tedtheodore5715 4 роки тому +2

      yeah that sounds about right

    • @arrosin408
      @arrosin408 4 роки тому +1

      @Bob Smith -insert reference here-

  • @kanakana7966
    @kanakana7966 4 роки тому +321

    him: it looks good
    As of april 1st: basically 1 million

    • @randomguy263
      @randomguy263 4 роки тому +2

      We're there now!

    • @dieglhix
      @dieglhix 4 роки тому +7

      10 million in 1 month

    • @Linaiz
      @Linaiz 4 роки тому +18

      @@dieglhix probably in more like 2 weeks

    • @samueladitya1729
      @samueladitya1729 4 роки тому +3

      @@dieglhix 1 billion in 3 month

    • @dieglhix
      @dieglhix 4 роки тому +3

      @@rabbitwho I also believe it is doubling every 6 days. Yes I was being optimistic... But governments should be starting to lockdown their countries

  • @jabariphillips766
    @jabariphillips766 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much Henry. This was a very useful video.

  • @sandyclark393
    @sandyclark393 3 роки тому

    Should the x axis be active cases and not total cumulative cases? At about 3:00 its talked about that new cases being proportional to 'existing cases'. This would make the chart a bit of a mess... but the way its described, existing cases sounds like it should be active cases.

  • @christianc.8889
    @christianc.8889 4 роки тому +95

    Love that the “diamond princess” was on the graph

    • @erent1476
      @erent1476 4 роки тому +1

      Christian C.
      Nooooo
      *ua-cam.com/video/iW-aOvyO91M/v-deo.html*

    • @georgelathrop4743
      @georgelathrop4743 4 роки тому +1

      its a cruse ship

  • @corbinclark2776
    @corbinclark2776 4 роки тому +23

    I haven't watched this channel in literal years and this just showed up on my recommended page.

  • @upstartengineering
    @upstartengineering 3 роки тому +1

    This is a brilliant video, one of their best.

  • @jeddeeks
    @jeddeeks 2 роки тому

    Also another problem is that this doesn't indicate severity, and also the more severe cases tend to be the ones detected. Asymptomatic cases aren't generally suspected to be cases

  • @SweetLilWren
    @SweetLilWren 4 роки тому +141

    Doing a weekly update in this scientific way would be great this is quite reassuring! Thanks for this video!
    Edit great work Aatish

    • @DCPetterson
      @DCPetterson 4 роки тому +1

      doing weekly updates will not reassure you. at least not for several months. it will get much, much worse

    • @Fadexpl
      @Fadexpl 4 роки тому

      You can just check the graph weekly by yourself.

    • @SweetLilWren
      @SweetLilWren 4 роки тому

      @@Fadexpl where

    • @SweetLilWren
      @SweetLilWren 4 роки тому

      @@DCPetterson I'm a lil bit control freak so I would always rather know personally