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27 points by kelvinzhang 6 years ago · 9 comments

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wyc 6 years ago

A good amount of work has been put into this visualization for sure, and there are certainly significant overlaps with today's situation and that /game/. However, this misses the mark for me in terms of tastefulness.

  • enumjorge 6 years ago

    For those missing context, there’s a video game called Plague Inc. that has seen an uptick of interest due to the corona virus. I haven’t played it personally but I believe this post is a visualization of COVID-19 infection data in the style of that game.

    • TeMPOraL 6 years ago

      Yes, it's precisely that. A recreation of Plague Inc.'s UI, but with real data.

  • hejdirk 6 years ago

    I'm curious how you feel about coronavirus memes.

gumby 6 years ago

My personal wish is that more of these data be presented on a per capita basis. It's great that Australia's numbers are low but Australia (my home country) has half the population of California (where I currently live).

  • kelvinzhangOP 6 years ago

    Hi, the dots are currently generated on a per capita basis, although it not be as visible since we use a log scale. We're working on adding per capita tooltips though!

hejdirk 6 years ago

It just says "please rotate your device", but that doesn't work.

  • kelvinzhangOP 6 years ago

    Hey there! For the map to display properly your device needs to be in landscape mode; if you're using the site on a phone, please make sure "auto rotate device" is turned on and try again. Sorry about that :)

  • cs02rm0 6 years ago

    Yeah, I rotated my 34" monitor and nothing changed. ;-)

    It's just some stats by country (for COVID-19 infected/deaths), with a bit of animation over time. The rotation seems totally unnecessary.

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