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Ben Snaith

A new map shows that you can't maintain social distancing on many New York City sidewal... - 0 views

  • A new map from the developer Meli Harvey shows exactly how narrow the sidewalks in New York are, with colors overlaid onto the city’s grid. (Harvey used data from New York City’s sidewalk dataset to construct their map.) The result is a stark validation of what most New Yorkers felt to be true: there’s just not enough space for most people to stay the recommended six feet apart.
Ben Snaith

On the road again? Monitoring traffic following the easing of lockdown restrictions | U... - 0 views

  • Looking at the news across the UK, there are indications that the easing of lockdown restrictions has led to serious traffic problems. For instance, police were forced to close Falkirk Council’s Roughmute recycling centre two hours after opening it due to traffic building up on roads approaching the site. In Milton Keynes, IKEA was forced to close its car park just two hours after opening due to traffic volumes. Transport Scotland indicated a 60% increase in traffic on Saturday 30th May, compared to the previous Saturday, with traffic at the tourist and leisure hotspot of Loch Lomond up by 200%.
  • There are various ways to measure traffic volumes. Here, we look at Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique (SCOOT) data. The data is gathered from detectors installed at traffic lights. The purpose of the system is to coordinate traffic lights to improve the flow of vehicles. We accessed data on Glasgow’s traffic through an API provided by Glasgow City Council.
  • The aggregate pattern hides substantial variation at the different locations where the measurements are taken, which could explain why people may have seen large increases in traffic in their local area.
Ben Snaith

Virus Is Twice as Deadly for Black and Latino People Than Whites in N.Y.C. - The New Yo... - 0 views

  • The coronavirus is killing black and Latino people in New York City at twice the rate that it is killing white people
  • In New York City, Latinos represent 34 percent of the people who have died of the coronavirus but make up 29 percent of the city’s population, according to preliminary data from the city’s Health Department. Black people represent 28 percent of deaths but make up 22 percent of the population.
  • In Chicago, for example, black people account for 72 percent of virus-related fatalities, even though they make up a little less than a third of the population.
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  • Data from the Health Department shows that emergency room visits for flulike symptoms have surged in neighborhoods where the typical household income is less than the city’s median of $60,000, according to an analysis of data by The New York Times.
  • “We are watching, in real time, racial disparities and the pandemic of poverty,” said Michael Blake, an assemblyman from the Bronx whose district overlaps with one of the poorest congressional districts in the country.
Ben Snaith

Coronavirus: People with COVID-19 symptoms more than double number who tested positive,... - 0 views

  • More than 370,000 people in the UK have symptomatic COVID-19, according to an app tracking the virus "in real time".
  • The figures from the app are more than double the 148,377 who have tested positive, according to the Department of Health's official numbers.
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How can coronavirus models get it so wrong? - 0 views

  • One moment the prime minister, Boris Johnson, was asking people with symptoms to stay home for seven days; a few days later, he had ordered a lockdown. What changed was data from Italy’s experience of the pandemic, in which more people were critically ill than anticipated, and from the NHS about its inability to cope if the same should happen in the UK.
Ben Snaith

Greater Manchester STILL doesn't know how many people are testing positive for COVID-19... - 0 views

  • But one exasperated local source said the problem lay with the data itself, which they said cannot currently be broken down to local level and therefore cannot be usefully shared with councils.
  • The Department of Health and Social Care said it was 'actively working on a solution to share anonymised data with our stakeholders', with councils a top priority. It said it had been engaging with the Local Government Association on the issue.
  • It is understood Greater Manchester is now trying to persuade the government to merge the two testing systems together in a partnership, so that public health departments can get hold of all the relevant results.
Ben Snaith

Air pollution linked to raised Covid-19 death risk - BBC News - 0 views

  • A US study suggests Covid-19 death rates rise by about 15% in areas with even a small increase in fine-particle pollution levels in the years before the pandemic."Patterns in Covid-19 death rates generally mimic patterns in both high population density and high [particulate matter] PM2.5 exposure areas," the Harvard University report says.
Ben Snaith

Wall Street Mines Apple and Google Mobility Data to Spot Revival - 0 views

  • LGIM’s asset allocation team takes Apple users’ requests for travel directions and adjusts them for weekly seasonality before projecting the data onto estimates for gross domestic product. So far, their analysis shows that the U.S. economy is holding up better than other regions and is gradually reopening, while there are signs of improvement in southern Europe as countries like Italy relax their movement restrictions.
  • In addition to LGIM, Societe Generale SA and Deutsche Bank AG are among those tracking mobility data. SocGen quant strategists led by Andrew Lapthorne said in a note on Monday that the data has helped them see that despite the easing of lockdowns in major economies, activity continues to be weak.
  • Over at Deutsche Bank, strategists are using Google data to monitor any pick-up in activity in various New York communities.
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  • Torsten Slok, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Securities, said the analysts are beginning to see early signs of a turnaround in daily and weekly indicators of New York City subway usage, but those improvements are more modest than the pick-up in activity at parks, grocery stores and pharmacies.
Ben Snaith

Digital alerts to warn UK rail passengers of busy trains and stations | UK news | The G... - 0 views

  • The technology will combine data on journey trends and live updates from station staff, to both inform passengers searching for journeys on the National Rail website and app, and alert those who opt in for updates on specific journeys, using their anonymised data to help predict how busy each train will be.
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Data reveals coronavirus hotspots in Bradford, Barnsley and Rochdale | World news | The... - 0 views

  • Local public health officials and medics have complained that the government has not supplied sufficiently detailed information on local infections, the lack of which they say hampers attempts to quash new outbreaks.
  • Councils have been promised postcode-level data for weeks from Public Health England and the newly created Joint Biosecurity Centre. But some public health directors are concerned the centre has not been sharing data about potential clusters of infections with councils, which could enforce school or workplace closures that could suppress an outbreak at an early stage.
  • “If the only data you’re getting is ‘in this population of 90,000 people there are 40 positives’ it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. If Leicester had got the data sooner they could have had a fighting chance of managing it,” said one public health director, who asked not to be named.
Ben Snaith

Safe distancing tool for rail and metro operators launched - Smart Cities World - 0 views

  • It shows how people move into, out of and between stations, average wait times, and even occupancy on trains. It monitors crowd density in specific areas, such as concourse, stairwell, platform and carriage, and can be expanded to provide station-wide density and flow insights.
  • Alarms and actions are triggered when threshold limits are reached, enabling rapid responses, like directing passenger flows, closing turnstiles and updating digital signage, among others. In addition, operators could also improve their sanitation responsiveness, directing teams to where cleaning is most needed.
  • To help passengers plan their journeys, operators can also share data via websites, apps and other platforms. This information enables travellers to choose a less-crowded station or platform or alter their travel time to reduce risks and maintain social distance.
Ben Snaith

'Immunity passports' in the context of COVID-19 - 0 views

  • At this point in the pandemic, there is not enough evidence about the effectiveness of antibody-mediated immunity to guarantee the accuracy of an “immunity passport” or “risk-free certificate.” People who assume that they are immune to a second infection because they have received a positive test result may ignore public health advice. The use of such certificates may therefore increase the risks of continued transmission. As new evidence becomes available, WHO will update this scientific brief.
Ben Snaith

'More scary than coronavirus': South Korea's health alerts expose private lives | World... - 0 views

  • As South Korean media pored over their movements, citizens looked on with a mixture of horror and fascination as their private lives were laid bare, leading to speculation that they were having an affair and that the secretary had undergone plastic surgery.
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COVID-19 Digital Rights Tracker - 0 views

  • According to the article, the mayor wrote on his website: “Compliance with the regime is constantly monitored, including with the help of facial recognition systems and other technical measures.”
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A crystal ball for the NHS - Palantir, a data firm loved by spooks, teams up with Brita... - 0 views

  • Now, as the covid-19 pandemic rages, several independent sources say that Palantir has started work with a new client: Britain’s National Health Service.
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https://twitter.com/AnnieGouk/status/1256195059936100354 - 0 views

  • New figures from the @ONS show the death rate from #Covid19 in local authorities across England and Wales. There is a strong link with deprivation, as well as an urban-rural divide (#dataviz by @Meme_Marianna) #ddj #opendata
Ben Snaith

NHS tracing app in question as experts assess Google-Apple model | Financial Times - 0 views

  • Health chiefs in the UK have tasked a team of software developers to “investigate” switching its unique contact-tracing app to the global standard proposed by Apple and Google, signalling a potential about-turn just days after the NHS launched its new coronavirus app. 
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