Updated: 2:01 PM CST January 29, 2021
ILLINOIS, USA Researchers in Illinois launched an interactive COVID-19 website that helps residents track trends and the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Illinois COVID-19 Modeling indicates whether the pandemic is growing, shrinking or staying the same by measuring the instantaneous reproductive number.
A number above 1 means the epidemic is growing, below 1 shrinking and equal to 1 staying the same. The reproductive number essentially tracks and calculates how many people are infected from cases.
So, if 10 people infect 10 other people then the epidemic in Illinois is staying the same. But if those 10 people infect 15 people it is growing. If those 10 people infect 5 people, the epidemic is shrinking.
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As states and municipalities begin to roll out mass vaccination campaigns, some people have dared to ask: When will it be safe to resume “normal” activities again? For those in most parts of the United States, the risk of COVID-19 infection remains extremely high.
People now have access to better real-time information about infection rates and transmission at the county or city level, but they still need a framework to help them decide what is safe to do. Social distancing and shutting businesses have reduced the number of cases, but there is mounting pressure to reopen businesses and classrooms.
âAstroturfingâ and the rise of misinformation campaigns
and last updated 2021-01-28 15:18:23-05
CHICAGO â Despite the natural urge to gravitate toward information that reinforces our own views, most agree that people genuinely want to be well-informed. But in recent years, campaigns by corporations, lobbyists and political operatives sowing division and suspicion have become a common problem.
Soon after the coronavirus pandemic began, small anti-stay-at-home protests erupted in dozens of states around the country.
âWhen things appear to be spontaneous and exciting, and especially, they re happening all over the country, that tends to gain a lot of media attention,â said Edward Walker, a UCLA sociology professor and author of
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As states and municipalities begin to roll out mass vaccination campaigns, some people have dared to ask: When will it be safe to resume normal activities again? For those in most parts of the United States, the risk of COVID-19 infection remains extremely high.
People now have access to better real-time information about infection rates and transmission at the county or city level, but they still need a framework to help them decide what is safe to do. Social distancing and shutting businesses have reduced the number of cases, but there is mounting pressure to reopen businesses and classrooms.
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