[NFBMI-Talk] Accessible Sites For COVID-19 Statistics?

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello Kane,

Thank you for posting this message. The state of Michigan has a website with accessible statistics regarding the COVID-19 Coronavirus. 

The data is listed as a table, and they have cases and deaths listed for each county in Michigan as well as the city of Detroit. It also has data on sex and age range for those who have tested positive for the virus.

The website is updated every day at 2:00 pm, and can be found at the following link:

https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163-520743--,00.html

I have found this website to be helpful in tracking the virus. So hopefully others will find it helpful too. Perhaps there are other state websites like this in other states for those who live in Indiana.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth


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Subject: [NFBMI-Talk] Accessible Sites For COVID-19 Statistics?

Good morning.  I hope all in reach of this message are healthy and well provisioned.

I suspect that you may feel inundated with coronavirus information every time you turn around.  But how much of this is worthwhile or even accurate?  And how much good data can blind people even access?

The primary JAWS For Windows discussion list featured an active thread on that subject over this past weekend.  The members' conclusion:  If you want accessible health guidelines and official stats regarding COVID-19, especially pertaining to the United States, start with the Centers for Disease Control.  I did not find it possible to drill down to my particular county with this, but did ascertain that Indiana had
259 official COVID-19 cases as of this morning; Michigan had 1,328 cases; and Illinois had 1,285.

The New York Times has a running total of COVID-19 case numbers and death casualties that seems to be updated more frequently for the public than the CDC's Website.  As of 11:35 AM this morning [Wednesday, 25 March, 2020], 53,138 COVID-19 cases were enumerated by The New York Times for the United States, resuoting so far in 728 deaths.  The NYT coronavirus map is located at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus&variant=show&region=TOP_BANNER&context=storyline_menu.
An old computer and text-to-speech screen reader will access at least the most high-level data.

Statista has charts on COVID-19 and other diseases.  One thing handy for us who are blind is that the COVID-19 chart is downloadable, so may be imported as a spreadsheet.
https://www.statista.com/chart/20634/confirmed-coronavirus-cases-timeline/

Finally, Johns Hopkins University is recognized as a preeminent authority in tracking this globally.  This morning I have read that
19,000 deaths around the world have been linked to the coronavirus.
Data direct from Johns Hopkins are accessible, but not with older browsers or slower systems.  if blind and if you have access to these, I recommend you use JAWS 2020 or the latest edition of NVDA, with an up-to-date browser such as Firefox or Chrome, to look at the charted breakdown from Johns Hopkins:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Stay healthy.  Please keep in touch.

Warm regards,

Kane Brolin
President, Michiana Chapter
National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
(574)386-8868 (mobile)

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