Data Visualizations

Today the US broke the record for number of new COVID cases in one day: over 1 million. pic.twitter.com/3kfIeLVzx2

— Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD (@kmpanthagani) January 4, 2022

Exponential growth is often hard to visualize, so here's the difference between an R0 of ~2.5 (original SARS-CoV-2) and R0 of ~6 (delta variant). pic.twitter.com/WYaCsanIfh

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) July 30, 2021

Putting the PNW #heatwave into perspective, here is daily recorded high temperatures in Seattle, Washington since 1945 (date records are available.)

Predicted temp of ~110F is unheard of.#Rstats pic.twitter.com/VTKEjeL84Q

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) June 28, 2021

COVID vaccination rates by state in the USA.#Rstats #rayshader #ggplot2
Data source: https://t.co/Dhl0Qb1Kf5 pic.twitter.com/fP1CzI6D7k

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) June 18, 2021

How do deaths this year compare to previous flu seasons? Here is combined deaths for the last 7 years from influenza, pneumonia, and (this year) #COVID.

Clearly, COVID is not just the flu.#SciComm #Rstats pic.twitter.com/DLmLhew79S

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) December 3, 2020

People are looking at the percent of vaccinated hospitalizations and getting alarmed. But by itself, this number can't tell you much about how the vaccines are working, as it's highly dependent on the rate of vaccination in a community. Here's some maths to show what I mean👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/MmfiL7H1lw

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) July 20, 2021

After a year of plotting bad news, it's nice to plot some good news. pic.twitter.com/FndfGZZbER

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) June 9, 2021

‼️NEW in @EClinicalMed, we show if the MDRD eGFR race correction were removed, an estimated 3.3 MILLION more AAs would meet diagnostic criteria for CKD3, 300k would qualify for neph referral (mortality benefits) & 31k might become eligible for transplant https://t.co/f2UakRKxOR pic.twitter.com/vbFY9Ofqv5

— Jenny Tsai, MD, M.Ed (@tsaiduck77) November 20, 2021

It's easy to forget what life was like before vaccines. pic.twitter.com/AiIzPuUUb1

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) April 9, 2021

USA continues to track 11 days behind Italy for #COVID19 cases. Be like South Korea and #FlattenTheCurve pic.twitter.com/BghzyDkO1o

— Kristen Panthagani, PhD (@kmpanthagani) March 15, 2020