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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with most Deaths and Cases to date

September 4, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. Since its first death (in China) in January, 873 thousand people worldwide have died from Covid19. The chart shows the population-adjusted death tolls for the most-affected countries (excluding countries with less than 300,000 people. (San Marino – with 34,000 people – actually has the highest death rate.) In recent days, Peru ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with most Deaths and Cases to date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-countries-with-most-deaths-and-cases-to-date/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Countries with most Deaths and Cases to date">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020

August 28, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. Global variation These two charts show Covid19 incidence in the world as a whole, in an American country (USA), an Asian country (South Korea), and New Zealand. The first chart shows cumulative cases, with the United States being about six times worse (close to an order of magnitude, which usually means ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-towards-the-end-of-august-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 towards the end of August 2020">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups?

August 23, 2020

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. There’s a debate raging about how serious the Government’s Covid-19 border testing botch-ups are. Many Labour partisans are calling complaints and media investigations into border management a beat-up and overly-aggressive. They claim problems at the border are being exaggerated, with testing failures of minor importance in the government’s overall success in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-serious-are-the-govts-border-botch-ups/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season

August 21, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s chart shows the most current Covid19 outbreaks, including all the little countries. As in March 2020, some of these are the worst affected. It also gives lie to the claim that New Zealand is advantaged by being an island country. In the gold and silver position are Aruba and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-covid-19-in-the-peak-of-the-northern-hemisphere-tourist-season/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin – Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis

August 20, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. Early Identification and Action We are now learning, from Covid19, one thing above all else. With epidemics, it is early identification and action that matters. When our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says that New Zealand’s government approach is to “go hard and go early”, she is only partly correct. What matters ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/keith-rankin-epidemic-costs-and-responses-coronavirus-and-tuberculosis/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries

August 14, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart compares this week’s Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand with the latest case-data from other comparable countries. Note that the data plots new daily cases, smoothed using seven-day averages. However, the ‘black square’ represents New Zealand’s most recent daily total of new cases, at 260 per 100 million people (which ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-new-zealands-outbreak-with-comparable-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing Australian Outbreak with High Incidence European Countries

August 7, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The known incidences of Covid19 in Spain, Belgium and Sweden are similar, although Sweden lagged for a while before overtaking the other two. In deaths, Sweden is slightly lower than Spain and about 30% lower than Belgium. Belgium, after little San Marino, is still the country with the highest deaths per ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing Australian Outbreak with High Incidence European Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-australian-outbreak-with-high-incidence-european-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing Australian Outbreak with High Incidence European Countries">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Incidences for Large Countries

July 31, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the incidence of new Covid19 cases in countries with more than 7,500,000 people. (Hong Kong is the smallest country to feature.) It shows that, while very serious, the Australian outbreak is far from unique. The outbreak in Israel, for example, is much worse. Generally, countries with ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Incidences for Large Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-incidences-for-large-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Incidences for Large Countries">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail

July 23, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the huge European wave of Covid-19 in March. At its exponential peak, the chart shows world Covid19 weekly deaths increasing by 260 percent in the second week of March, compared to March’s first week. This European wave contrasts sharply with the last week of February, when ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-global-covid19-european-wave-and-rising-tail/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Recent Cases and Deaths

July 17, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. This chart orders countries by their Covid19 death rates in the seven days to 16 July. The seven worst countries are in Latin America; all except Panama being large countries. Two other large Latin American countries (Guatemala and Ecuador) are in the top 11 for recent Covid19 deaths. Of the larger countries ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Recent Cases and Deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-recent-cases-and-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Recent Cases and Deaths">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing China, Italy, USA and Australia

July 10, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts look at Covid19 incidence in China (the most important first-wave country, with a limited second wave), Italy (the lead second-wave country), and USA and Australia (second-wave countries – drawing their caseload from Europe – with limited first-wave exposure from Asia in January and February). Chart 1 shows the first-wave in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing China, Italy, USA and Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-china-italy-usa-and-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing China, Italy, USA and Australia">Read more</a>

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Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas

July 1, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes and Lara Sartorio GonçalvesFrom Rio de Janeiro, Brazil It is a recurring debate. In 2011 journalist and activist Darcus Howe commented on the civil unrest that had happened in England in August of that year saying, “I don’t call it rioting. I call ... <a title="Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/fire-the-right-to-breathe-and-the-aesthetics-of-protest-in-the-americas/" aria-label="Read more about Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas">Read more</a>