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stories of uncertainty
@PaulBradshaw
Birmingham City University, BBC Data Unit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/disease-modeling-coronavirus-cases-reopening/
https://gizmodo.com/the-new-york-times-live-presidential-meter-is-fucking-w-1788732314
https://www.fastcompany.com/90459366/the-most-hated-data-visualization-in-politics-is-back-to-spike-your-blood-pressure
https://gizmodo.com/the-new-york-times-live-presidential-meter-is-fucking-w-1788732314
https://www.fastcompany.com/90459366/the-most-hated-data-visualization-in-politics-is-back-to-spike-your-blood-pressure
https://www.ft.com/content/a3145dc2-edff-4c86-bdfd-fedde6fbc2a2
https://rt.live/
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/covid-forecasts/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/disease-modeling-coronavirus-cases-reopening/
https://qz.com/1848674/how-to-interpret-the-specificity-sensitivity-of-antibody-tests/
https://onlinejournalismblog.com/2020/05/18/coronavirus-3-ways-journalists-need-to-get-to-grips-with-uncertainty-during-the-pandemic/
https://onlinejournalismblog.com/2020/05/18/coronavirus-3-ways-journalists-need-to-get-to-grips-with-uncertainty-during-the-pandemic/
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