One reason to care .......Animated map, 2003 to Present

[Mellie]

This was posted some time back. Here's an update.

Link to animation. Press Play to begin the animation.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12375868

 

[wetDirt]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

Thanks, mellie,
Oh, and if anybody needs me, I'll be hiding under the bed.

 

[sharon sanders]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

Thanks Mellie.

 

[Shannon Bennett]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

Mellie, this makes it easy to see through visualization there is a drop in the number of cases each summer. Then, starting in September, there is a gradual rise followed by a significant increase in winter. It also portrays a vivid reminder that in the last 6 months this thing has exploded. No wonder the WHO is starting to warn of us an expected spike this fall and winter.

 

[hawkeye]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

Great visualization piece. You can get a real good sense of the acceleration, it's like a snowball rolling down a moutain.

Here's a question...what happened in April that caused the spreading to delay until August 2004?



-hawkeye

 

[Sharpe]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

The map is very beautifully done but is missing a huge amount of confirmed data. For instance, it's missing Sudan, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Ukraine, UK, Serbia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cameroon, the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, etc. etc. The countries it does list have gaps in the data too--for instance Russia has had vast numbers of infected wild birds.

 

[Mellie]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

I agree.

One thing I have used in my talks was a series of maps showing the virus on the move. Henry let me use his. Many said it was the single most powerful thing to get the message across that it's simply a matter of time.

In the last 6 months, birdflu has "blown up" to use a wildland fire analogy. Or gone "gunneysack" in birds, infecting birds on most continents. I would love to have a little REALLY up-to-date flash illustration of that expansion showing the human component as well.

I hate to say it, but there's something to visually bringing this "distant" pandemic to Americans.

I wish I was good at the maps thing and had time to do it. Showing such a blossoming sequence to people used to appraising risk is very powerful. I imagine it's also powerful to those used to watching TV or playing computer games, ie, visual learners...

 

[Goju]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

I remember when I first saw this presentation... my knuckles went white as I held my breath and squeezed tightly the edges of my desk.

 

[Mellie]

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Re: Animated map, 2003 to Present

Bump this. It's interesting to see how there was some slow growth and then a new flurry of activity recently.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12375868

Wish I could get the flash of this (or whatever program it is). It is very persuasive in a presentation.
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[susieM]

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Re: Animated map, 2003 to Present

Funny how there's nothing on the other side of the world (the US).

 

[susieM]

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Re: Animated map, 2003 to Present

Anybody have a map like that dedicated to bird (or fish) deaths?

 

[Sally Furniss]

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susieM

There are purple dots for birds and green dots for other animals.

It is not practical to show the changing numbers for birds or animals. The map is primarily to show the change in number of human cases.

 

[susieM]

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susieM

There are purple dots for birds and green dots for other animals.

It is not practical to show the changing numbers for birds or animals. The map is primarily to show the change in number of human cases.

Does anyone have a map for non-confirmed cases? THAT should be interesting, to say the least.

 

[Sally Furniss]

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I don't think a map for suspected cases would be that useful.

Many suspected cases are really precautionary investigations.

Adding highly suspected cases to the map would be more interesting but still, by definition, speculative.

 

[cartski]

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Re: MSNBC> Birdflu: day by day animated map, 2003 to Present

I agree.

One thing I have used in my talks was a series of maps showing the virus on the move. Henry let me use his. Many said it was the single most powerful thing to get the message across that it's simply a matter of time.

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May we see what you have?


Perhaps archaic, but animation boils down to a quick thumb-flip through a stack of cards with pictures drawn on the top portion, at least to my understanding. In other words, a stack of low-tech, but accurate standardized maps as of specific points in time, can be more persuasive that an inaccurate 3 D splash.

J.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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Re: Animated map, 2003 to Present

Dr. Henry Niman's maps are at
http://www.recombinomics.com/maps.html

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