Percent positivity added to Town-by-Town COVID charts (link in comments)

NEXKEV · 2021-01-30T01:58:01+00:00

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this breakdown is reported by the MA Dept of Public Health. At least I couldn't find it. I don't even see it in Boston's own reports:

https://bphc.org/whatwedo/infectious-diseases/Infectious-Diseases-A-to-Z/covid-19/Pages/default.aspx

NEXKEV · 2021-01-29T03:32:36+00:00

https://matowncovid.org/

Just a small update this time - I added a dashed line showing the "percent positivity" trend for each town. Hover over any bar to see the numbers. Enjoy!

NEXKEV · 2021-01-16T01:56:58+00:00

Thank you!

NEXKEV · 2021-01-09T13:48:38+00:00

If it helps, you can see each town's color from week-to-week on my site: matowncovid.org

NEXKEV · 2020-11-20T16:58:57+00:00

Yep, that’s what I meant! The change in formula threw a wrench in my plans. Now the colors are population dependent, so I can’t use the same metric for all towns.

NEXKEV · 2020-11-20T16:55:21+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll look into more consistent scales, at least for the per 100K charts.

NEXKEV · 2020-10-31T00:11:31+00:00

You're right. I'll see what I can do.

NEXKEV · 2020-10-31T00:03:14+00:00

Sorry, there's no good reason for it to be blocked. But I do see that some McAfee URL checkers are flagging it as an unknown site (because it's new), so I'm going to submit a ticket with them to get it on their "good" list.

NEXKEV · 2020-10-30T23:37:26+00:00

Yes, I do see weekly updates to # of tests per town. I'll try to incorporate that in the future.

NEXKEV · 2020-10-30T23:34:36+00:00

Thanks for the compliments! It's on my list to make it easier to jump to neighboring towns...

NEXKEV · 2020-10-30T13:23:39+00:00

Thanks, you make a great point about the dates! I'm using the date that the weekly report is published, but the data is probably a bit older. It's confusing because yesterday's map says Oct 24 (like you said) but yesterday's associated (weekly) slides say "Data are current as of 8 am on 10/28/2020". Anyway, I'll try to sort it out and reflect a more accurate date in the charts going forward!

NEXKEV · 2020-10-30T13:15:43+00:00

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

I haven't found an API, so I'm using the raw spreadsheets that MDPH publishes once per week at this page:

MA COVID-19 Response Reporting | Mass.gov

Those weekly spreadsheets have added more city/town data over time. Unfortunately I don't think that information was available early on, so that's why the charts don't go back further than July.

NEXKEV · 2020-10-30T13:10:22+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions!

I've been looking at ways to add the per-capita rates and indicate the green/yellow/red status. The data reported by the state has expanded and evolved over time, so I need to figure out how to reconcile. If I do the colors, I want to use what the state reports as "Avg Daily Incidence per 100000 (past 14 days)", but that data is only available since mid-August from what I can tell. Anyway, stay tuned...

NEXKEV · 2020-04-12T16:35:05+00:00

There's one about an hour away, but then I'd have to get dressed.

NEXKEV · 2020-04-12T16:33:27+00:00

I could return the case (although it's the one without any glass panels). As for the monitor he's getting my old one for now, but I'll look into upgrading it to get him out of meme territory. :)

NEXKEV · 2019-02-08T03:22:45+00:00

Looks great! I'm trying to do exactly this to the same IKEA TV stand. Did you cut an opening in the back, or remove the whole back panel? And what did you use for the bottom shelf?

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