Ep2. Mapping Our Past, Present, and Future With the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard

<p>From the early stages of the pandemic, the world has looked to the COVID-19 dashboard produced by Johns Hopkins University as a guide for tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus. Maps have always been important to epidemiology and the containment of contagious disease, but the JHU dashboard has been lauded for its accessibility and accuracy, with Time Magazine naming it as one of the best inventions of 2020. But, where does the data presented by the dashboard come from? How can we trust it? And how might we build from it to track, and hopefully mitigate, the spread of future pathogens? In this episode of the Sci'more Podcast, we discuss the answers to these questions and more with Dr. Amesh Adalja, an expert in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We rely on listeners like you to ask us questions!</p> <p>Submit any questions you have at: <a href="https://anchor.fm/scimore" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/scimore</a> or call 443-776-1282.</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter or Facebook @projbridge</p> <p><br></p> <p>Useful links:</p> <p>Dr. Adalja's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AmeshAA" target="_blank">@AmeshAA</a></p> <p>Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists: <a href="https://www.cste.org/"><u>https://www.cste.org/</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Music: ‘Lucky Massive Dangerous’ by Speck</p> <p>Editing: Yun-Fei Liu</p> <p>Intro: Sebastian Markert</p> <p>Interviewers: Michael Dryzer and Emily Han</p> <p>Outro: Michael Dryzer</p> <p>With help from: Christopher An, Ashton Omdahl, and Michael Xie</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scimore/message