What is this about?
This edition of Connections provides a PDF file full of graphics that can be mined for images for use in briefings about the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compiled by the staff of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, it covers a large range of issues about the pandemic with a heavier emphasis on California. Because of its largely graphic nature, it provides an excellent source of data and images for briefings and reports on the status of the pandemic.
A limited list of some of the graphic data presented in this documents are as follows:
- Vaccine dose status: national and international
- Vaccination rates: by state
- Vaccination status: by state
- Vaccination eligibility age: by state
- Case rates: global
- Death rates: national
- Excess deaths: national
- Variant prevalence: national
- Hospitalizations: global and U.S.
- Reopening activities: national and California
- Testing results: national and California
- Modeling forecasts: national and California
Why is this important?
This document is important because it provides extensive data about the COVID-19 pandemic that is easy to lift and use and is current. The document also offers a thorough range of topics that can be used to construct briefings for individuals and/or groups on the status of the pandemic.
What can you do with this document?
- First, download and skim the document for the content it addresses.
- Next, identify which tables and graphs would be useful for each individual/group to be briefed.
- Next, using a “snipping tool” to remove those graphics that you want to use and mount them into PPT slides.
- Next, be sure to cite the source.
- Then, share the information with your intended audience(s).
In summary, this document provides a wide range of information on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic that can be easily lifted to craft your own presentation for managers and/or employees.