COVID-19 Resources
Selected information and resources about the COVID-19 pandemic
News Articles on COVID-19
- Flattening the Coronavirus CurveOne chart explains why slowing the spread of the infection is nearly as important as stopping it.
- Coronavirus and Social Distancing SimulatorWhy outbreaks like coronavirus spread and how to "flatten the curve."
- How Does the Coronavirus Compare With the Flu?As new cases appear in the U.S., some — including the president — have compared it to the seasonal flu. Here’s a close look at the differences.
- EPI-WIN: World Health Organization (WHO) information network for epidemicsEPI-WIN seeks to give everyone access to timely, accurate, and easy-to-understand advice and information from trusted sources on public health events and outbreaks: currently the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Flatten the Curve
- The three phases of Covid-19 – and how we can make it manageableArticle explaining the animation below, created by infectious diseases expert Dr Siouxsie Wiles and cartoonist Toby Morris.
Stop the Spread
- After ‘Flatten the Curve’, we must now ‘Stop the Spread’. Here’s what that meansNewer article with updated information and animation from Dr. Siouxsie Wiles and cartoonist Toby Morris.
Pathogen Resistance by XKCD

By Randall Munroe, https://xkcd.com, CC BY-NC 2.5
Telling the Story
- COVID-19 in Context: Coronavirus Data Pack10 visualizations of the data, from January 2021, around the pandemic: spread, survival, comparison to similar diseases, future predictions, and more.
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