The end of the Covid tracker
If the New York Times has declared the Covid-19 pandemic over, I suppose it is. I was on the website having a look around and noted the Covid dashboard, now located much further down the page than it has been, had been changed. It now only shows a map of the United States, and the accompanying data is also focused on the U.S. When I searched for the world dashboard, I discovered the page has been archived as of March 10.
The Times says “global data on cases and deaths is no longer reported by our data source.” That source is Johns Hopkins University, which announced on Feb. 10 that it would be ending its data tracking on March 10. The post at JHU also indicates the data spanning Jan. 22, 2020 – March 10, 2023 will remain accessible going forward.
Of interest is the Lancet article where JHU announced the development of the online tracking dashboard in February 2020. I believe the value of this information, which was delivered in a real-time manner, to the public throughout the pandemic cannot be understated. I would hope this sort of service can be used as a model for any future public emergency.
The Mojo Wyre 