Covid Case Trends in the Southeast.

It's almost . . .

Almost like . . .

Like there is . . .

A pattern . . .

What could explain this pattern . . . ?

covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…

@AllenCo66273228 @Emily_Burns_V I generally agree with your point, but isn't using a log scale of absolute cases a bit obfuscating? Why not cases/pop and a linear scale?

George Terlep @AllenCo66273228 @Emily_Burns_V Excellent point! I have no idea what you’re talking about , but you seem confident

theFuture @AllenCo66273228 @Emily_Burns_V A log scale can make numbers that are far apart seem closer than they really are - notice the lines go from 10 to 1000 to 10000 rather than 3000,6000,9000 or whatever.

Using total cases doesn't account for population differences between states.

MZWH theFuture @AllenCo66273228 @Emily_Burns_V Because it may be a misleading presentation of the data.

MZWH theFuture @AllenCo66273228 @Emily_Burns_V Maybe, maybe not. The log scale may look the same for a lot of states. I don't feel like going through the trouble of looking on mobile.

My BS detector generally goes off at graphs set up like this - thus the question.