Comments on: Swine Flu Latest: Visualized!

By: naomi jayne bourke

naomi jayne bourke — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:58:30 +0000

i want a graph of swine flu accourances in australia!! PLz

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:36:50 +0000

Hi! Your graphics are always amazing. However in your proportion of population size map you have erred in your cartographic interpretation of Canada. This was disappointing as I always hold your data up as examples of great work in my classes.

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By: Terry Floyd

Terry Floyd — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:28:22 +0000

Something else that should be noted is that the Southern Hemisphere went through its entire flu season without having access to any H1N1 vaccine, which is only now becoming available to citizens in the northern hemisphere, which is only in the first few weeks of its traditional flu season. It’s likely that the overall effects of H1N1 will be comparable to a traditional seasonal flu, provided the vaccine reaches the populations most vulnerable to complications from the disease. While H1N1 appears to be highly contagious, people vaccinnated against it will be better able to resist the disease, and if they do fall ill, are less likely to suffer life-threatening complications. Yes, you can still get sick even if you have been vaccinnated, but you’re still better off than being completely unprotected.

Thanks for your wonderful work. Your site is delightful!

By: Lucie Melahn

Lucie Melahn — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:55:25 +0000

It’s a beautiful graphic, but there is a major factor that is not being considered in most of these discussions. To say that American cases are milder is jumping to conclusions. The US has by *far* the most testing facilities and the highest rate of testing for H1N1, so clearly we are going to have the highest number of confirmed cases. Is it more lethal in the southern hemisphere? it is hard to say, because only the very sickest people were tested for H1N1, while most of the rest were not. I have a suspicion that the true mortality rate in the southern hemisphere is far lower.

By: Riley

Riley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:09:50 +0000

Awesome graphics. One problem, Canada is actually much larger than it is displayed, you have missed all the northern islands.

By: Shelly Pahk

Shelly Pahk — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:53:45 +0000

Hi,
I was sent to your site, by a Facebook friend, who posted one of your graphs “The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions”, which than led me to browse through some of your other posts. I have to conclude you, my friend, are a rarity and the information you provided along with the supporting links, and the commentary following each, is awesome! I am not one who would say (she) is intelligent, but can certainly appreciate when facts are aligned with conclusions that provide un-sensationalized outcome. If that makes sense? Anyway, I hope you can do this graphical representation for my industry: mobile – I’m curious to see the total number of mobile users world wide, the representation of carriers for each country, etc. You should market this data in a book! — or I suspect that’s already in motion!

Thanks for putting this out into the world wide web of information. It is interesting to say the least.

Cheers,
Shelly

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:09:33 +0000

Confirmed lab cases in South Africa and other African countries are freely available and its rising daily. These are CDC and WHO confirmed result in recognized laboratories

So, it would seem as if you dont have the data to make the correct comments.

Considering that the World Soccer cup will be held in South Africa the outbreak here should be a focal point as re-infection of the world can occur.

By: Vincent Gable

Vincent Gable — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:36:35 +0000

Excellent article, but one minor gripe, the bold column-labels on the SWINE FLU ADVISORY table are a confusing to me.

The first two columns “Most cases?” and “Most infections?” mean the same thing, because each case is an infection.

The “Most infections?” column is really asking “highest infection rate?”. An alternate phrasing might be “Most contagious?” or “Most infectious?”

The bold headings on the last two columns are identical (“Most deaths?”) even though they measure different things: survival-rate once contracting H1N1 and the chances of dying of H1N1. Put another way, mortality rate: {if you have H1N1 and live in the country, if you live in the country}

I was thinking “Most virulent?” and “Most dangerous?” might work. But while technically more correct, virulent and dangerous are nearly synonymous. Perhaps “Most unsurvivable?” and “Most dangerous?” I’m not coming up with anything better that fits the “Most XXX” pattern.

By: David Burrows

David Burrows — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:29:50 +0000

Isn’t the percentage of deaths more related to general health care standards in the country than a more virulent virus? Mapping WHO child mortality rates from 0-4 years onto your “percentage infected who die” chart there’s definitely some grounds for correlation – i would think most of the abberations (e.g. India’s mid table position) would dissapear when (hopefully if!) numbers of infected become statically relevant to the population sizes

brazil 23
argentina 19
Malysia n/a
venezuela 21
india 95
bolivia 34
peru 18
usa 5
spain 3
singapore 1.1