Alexis C. Madrigal
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Latest data lapse inflated Georgia’s virus test count by 57,000
ajc 9d 4 tweets
After facing weeks of criticism for not being transparent with data about the coronavirus, state off...
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Alexis C. Madrigal A coda! Georgia, too, was lumping in antibody tests and, of course, local reporters like , , and were all over it: 9d
15% of state’s total COVID-19 tests were actually antibody test, investigation finds
WSB-TV - WSBTV 9d 2 tweets
The Georgia Department of Health is looking into its testing data again now that there are new questions about data that may have been mixed.
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Alexis C. Madrigal A coda! Georgia, too, was lumping in antibody tests and, of course, local reporters like , , and were all over it: 9d
Blog | Tracking the States and the CDC
The COVID Tracking Project - The COVID Tracking Project 9d 1 tweets
For months, we've worked to patch together inconsistent state-reported data into a national set of numbers for COVID-19 case, death, and testing in the US. The CDC has now published a COVID Data Tracker, but their data only partially matches the...
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Alexis C. Madrigal Finally, these antibody tests probably account for *some* of the discrepancies that we were at a loss to explain in our white paper comparing the state data with the new CDC data: So, I guess v2 of this paper has begun. 9d
"Raw Data" Is an Oxymoron
The MIT Press 9d 1 tweets
Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture. We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity...
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Alexis C. Madrigal Another lesson: As they say in science and technology studies, Raw Data Is An Oxymoron. (Cf. ) That doesn't mean all data is bullshit. It just means the data production process needs to be rigorous, ethical, and transparent. 9d
‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 9d 69 tweets
The government’s disease-fighting agency is conflating viral and antibody tests, compromising a few crucial metrics that governors depend on to reopen their economies. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same.
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Alexis C. Madrigal The CDC, the global gold standard for public health statistics for decades, is also mixing antibody and viral tests in its new COVID Data Tracker. It's one of those things that is unbelievable. And yet, here we are. 9d
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all?
Science | AAAS 10d 65 tweets
Preventing big clusters of cases would help curb the pandemic, scientists say
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Alexis C. Madrigal I’m betting this line of research becomes a lot more prominent over the coming months. You’ll see more discussion of k alongside Rt and R0. 10d
State and Federal Data on COVID-19 Testing Don’t Match Up
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 13d 11 tweets
The CDC has quietly started releasing nationwide numbers. But they contradict what states themselves are reporting.
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Zoom Video 15d 1 tweets
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Alexis C. Madrigal About to give a talk at the about ... Zoom link here 15d
A New Low in COVID-19 Data Standards
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 16d 27 tweets
Virginia and possibly other states are combining results from viral and antibody tests in the same statistic. This keeps Americans from understanding the pandemic.
AP Exclusive: Top White House officials buried CDC report
AP NEWS 21d 42 tweets
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels...
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Alexis C. Madrigal The CDC has long been an exemplar of American competence. Reading this, I can't help but think... Go create an email address at ProtonMail and get in touch with me at [email protected] Let's talk. 21d
Octavia Tried To Tell Us: Webinar Registration
Google Docs 30d 1 tweets
Please take a little time to answer a couple of questions for this event
We need the real CDC back, and we need it now - STAT
Ashish K. Jha - STAT 31d 28 tweets
As the U.S. struggles through Covid-19, strong, effective leadership from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has gone missing.
In the Black Mirror What Artificial Intelligence Means for Race, Art and the Apocalypse
youthradio - In the Black Mirror What Artificial Intelligence Means for Race, Art and the Apocalypse 30d 3 tweets
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, including the device you're using this minute. We asked experts Sam Lavigne, Alexis Madrigal, Deb Raji and Rachel Thomas to tell us how it works, what it's great at, and how to stop it from taking us down a...
Black-Owned Newspapers and Media Companies Are Small Businesses Too!
The Charleston Chronicle 31d 1 tweets
Essential Workers Are Being Treated as Expendable
The Atlantic 37d 3 tweets
Farmworkers risk their lives so Americans can eat, but they receive little protection from the virus.
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Alexis C. Madrigal An important story on farm workers, COVID, and how immigration policy really works here in the US. 32d
The COVID Racial Data Tracker
The COVID Tracking Project - The COVID Tracking Project 32d 14 tweets
The COVID Tracking Project collects and publishes the most complete testing data available for US states and territories.
Tracking the Spread of Coronavirus in Prisons
The Marshall Project 35d 6 tweets
A new Marshall Project effort has collected data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among prisoners and prison staff.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Extremely important work from the tracking COVID-19 in prisons. 33d
Utah And New Mexico Lead The Region In COVID-19 Testing. Here's How They've Done It
Rae Ellen Bichell - Kunc.org 35d 1 tweets
Testing is considered a major requirement on the path back to normal, and as the president has made clear, it's largely up to the states to find the way.
In Pursuit of PPE | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 42d 21 tweets
Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — In Pursuit of PPE
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Alexis C. Madrigal These stories, on their face, are insane. But/and this is an honest question: where are the Feds redirecting this PPE? I’ve seen several stories like this one and assume there must be some on the other side of federal shipments arriving. Links? 41d
How Facebook Works for Trump
Alexis C. Madrigal, Ian Bogost - The Atlantic 42d 11 tweets
Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again.
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Alexis C. Madrigal When and I embarked on this story 3 months ago with a bundle of data from and a lot of questions, I did not imagine the world in which it would land. But digital campaigning has not become ~less~ important. 42d