Data and perspective

We are probably all tired of news about the COVID-19 virus and we are definitely living with the effects every day. As individuals, as businesses, and as societies we will continue to have to make important decisions on how we will organize our lives now and in the future. Good data helps me make good decisions and keep things in perspective. Perspective is hard to keep when the news is about the coronavirus nearly 24 hours per day. I recently came across a wonderful site called Worldometer (click to go to site), which includes Coronavirus data and much, much more. I like that you can see both summarized, global data and then drill down for data by country and state. I also love being able to sort the data by various statistics in each column.

I don’t know much about the organization that produces it but here is from their website’s About page:

About

Worldometer is run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. It is published by a small and independent digital media company based in the United States. We have no political, governmental, or corporate affiliation. Furthermore, we have no investors, donors, grants, or backers of any type. We are completely independent and self-financed through automated programmatic advertising sold in real time on multiple ad exchanges.

Trusted Authority

Worldometer was voted as one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association(ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world.

I hesitate to offer more on the COVID-19 subject but, will do so when we find something interesting, different, or helpful. I found the Worldometer interesting and useful. Perhaps you will too.

Dana