Simply Southern
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Worldometer is pretty good with my country's data (yes, we have our own dashboards here).
Perhaps the issue with the US is the incomplete reporting, and it affects dashboards everywhere.
AZDHS is a perfect example. 4-7 day lag in accurate figures, no active cases category.
How would WM volunteers know the "accurate" number of cases, if a states doesn't? The site clearly states it uses algorithm, which mean "best guess".
If you click on the last field in the ss for the US states it will take you to the source used for data. The recovered is coming from Hospital Associations State website. I personally checked each state and can confirm. The hospital website site reports data of recovered/discharged Covid patients. States had no record of total recovered, which would come from contact tracing, which is very inconsistent by state. This is the reason recovered is so low in many states.
Coming from a business health background, I'm very conscientious to confirm sources for information to make informed decisions. Algorithm are computer function designed to make projections, not real time data. Also, if you click on the state source for US states, sometimes WM uses the state site and other times not. Its inconsistent. I spend many hours early on, created my own spreadsheet comparison of WM by each state and the source WM used. It was the inconsistency of WM and state number discussions that prompted me to look in depth at WM data collection and sources.
WM has some value in my opinion, but not a source I would reference in a debate.
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