Nerdy Guest Dr. Michael Levy on CDC Reporting of COVID-19 Test Results

Data and Metrics

Today’s Nerdy Guest post is from Dr. Michael Levy, associate professor of epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Levy studies disease ecology and control of vector-borne infectious disease. He likes bugs. Dr. Levy’s post addresses the CDC’s reporting of COVID-19 test results. He is quoted in this story. Read more…

How do I know what is going on in my county/state in order to calibrate my activities and risk as things open up?

Data and Metrics Reopening Staying Safe

A: “Covid Act Now” has put together a really useful website with COVID data and risk levels for all 50 states and 2100+ counties. They use four key indicators for gauging risk: 1) Is COVID spreading? Are cases and deaths increasing? 2) Are we testing enough? Is COVID testing widespread enough to identify new cases? Read more…