Data Confirms Pandemic Models

Evansville IN

08 September, 2021

10:49 AM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Sep 8, 2021 Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a tool created by a University of Evansville ChangeLab class has been logging and archiving daily county by county data for a seven state area of the Midwest. For our COVID Between the Coasts collaboration, University of Evansville mathematics professor Darrin Weber and his ChangeLab class created a tool to gather seven types of data each day during the pandemic and present it in a visual way that is easily understood by anyone. (Mobile) (Desktop) "The lasting impact is that it's a detailed account of exactly what took place, according to the numbers." Weber says the project confirms what the mathematical models predicted for the progression of the pandemic in the Midwest. The information will be archived and become part of the historical record for future researchers and policy makers. COVID Between the Coasts honored with a national Edward R. Murrow award for innovation. One of the most enduring memories of the pandemic is the weekly Feed Evansville traffic jam. As recovery from the pandemic continues, the COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region will make its last disbursements later this summer. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.