Category: Health
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Counting Chaos: Problems of Early Covid-19 Pandemic Data Reporting
This post examines the early state of administrative data that the public and authorities used to understand the beginning stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights challenges in data collection and reporting across different organizations and countries. Let’s remember, unfortunately, the chaotic and fearful early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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COVID-19 Counts of Cases and Deaths Reveal Social Group Biases
Unequal counts of cases and deaths due to Covid-19 reveals the structures of power that impact social group bias A prominent US example of how Covid-19 reveals the structures of power is racial and ethnic bias. In the US, African Americans are much more likely to die from the virus…
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