PinnedSteve McConnellA Blindingly Obvious Solution to the Fake News DilemmaFacebook and Twitter seem to believe that we’re children who need parental control software to protect us from scary content on the…6 min read·Jan 22, 2021--1--1
Steve McConnellEurope Controlled Covid-19 While America Failed. Or Was It the Opposite?Each American state and European country was presented with its own unique pandemic challenge. How well did each area respond?8 min read·Nov 9, 2020--2--2
Steve McConnellBe Grateful America Hasn’t Managed the Pandemic Like Europe HasEurope’s management of the pandemic has been a disaster, and it’s getting worse.4 min read·Nov 3, 2020--4--4
Steve McConnellThe One Graph You Need to Understand Covid-19 ComorbiditiesThe risk to Trump and Biden is different than you probably think2 min read·Oct 2, 2020----
Steve McConnellinTowards Data ScienceFive Wrong Ways to Do Covid-19 Data SmoothingMuch of Covid-19's data analysis is based on flawed smoothing techniques7 min read·Oct 1, 2020----
Steve McConnellinTowards Data ScienceThe Graphs You Need to Understand the Covid-19 PandemicThe right graphs can be tremendously revealing — if you know what to look for9 min read·Sep 30, 2020----
Steve McConnellinTowards Data ScienceThis is Why You Should Ignore IHME’s ForecastsIHME is miserably misleading us about where the pandemic is heading. See if you agree the data proves it.7 min read·Sep 8, 2020----
Steve McConnellCovid-19 Comorbidities are the Elephant in the RoomThe presence or absence of comorbidities is not just a big deal. It’s a Godzilla-eating-a-major-city size deal. Why hasn’t anyone…14 min read·Aug 9, 2020--2--2
Steve McConnellYour Right to Spin-Free Data on Covid-19 — August 6, 2020 UpdateWith a heavy emphasis on graphs, data, and forecasting — and no politics.5 min read·Aug 7, 2020----
Steve McConnellinTowards Data ScienceAge-Specific Risks for Covid-19 to the Individual YearAge-based risk factors for Covid-19 have been reported in 10–20 year age bands. We can do better than that. It’s easy to estimate…7 min read·Aug 1, 2020----