Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

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SwissChap in reply to @Squaredisk

It allows you to see more clearly when the rate of growth is speeding up or slowing down. It can however also be misleading if people don't understand what a logarithmic graph is, and underestimate the number of people affected.

Talking about possibly weird graphs, it's difficult to beat this one (look at the y axis):

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Squaredisk in reply to @SwissChap

Thanks @danstuff. @SwissChap it has definitely misled me at first glance. I can see the value in it, but it would be good to see a 'true' comparison shown also for context.

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SwissChap in reply to @Squaredisk

Yeah for sure it can be misleading when you don't fully realise that every tick is now a tenfold increase in numbers! And even if you do realise it, it's difficult to visualise unless, as you say, the linear representation is shown as well.

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