As a user of the covid-19 datapackage, I want to be able to be able to more easily calculate incidence rates of confirmed cases.
Currently the us_*.csv files include lat/long info (raised in #1) as well as a variety of other identifiers that don't appear to ever change with the time series.
In addition, the us_deaths file contains a population field which can be helpful to calculate incidence rates rather than absolute counts, but the us_confirmed file is missing this population field.
It would be great if there was a us_counties file that used the same UID or FIPS/INCITS 38:2009 to provide this non-changing data in a more uniform way for further processing.
Note: it appears as though this issue is due to directly re-packaging the CSSE data as a datapackage, rather than being opinionated about how that data might usefully be presented/consumed.
As a user of the covid-19 datapackage, I want to be able to be able to more easily calculate incidence rates of confirmed cases.
Currently the
us_*.csvfiles include lat/long info (raised in #1) as well as a variety of other identifiers that don't appear to ever change with the time series.In addition, the
us_deathsfile contains apopulationfield which can be helpful to calculate incidence rates rather than absolute counts, but theus_confirmedfile is missing this population field.It would be great if there was a
us_countiesfile that used the same UID or FIPS/INCITS 38:2009 to provide this non-changing data in a more uniform way for further processing.Note: it appears as though this issue is due to directly re-packaging the CSSE data as a datapackage, rather than being opinionated about how that data might usefully be presented/consumed.
Thanks for considering!