Update the webpage

[smr-j]

Taking a look at it!

[smr-j]

Please let me know if you have opinions/comments/suggestions on changes to the layout or to the analysis currently on the webpage - I haven't updated it yet but I'll account for anything commented here. https://ds5010.github.io/vaccines-3/

[tom2470]

Might be a little late but we could add context about the rise in death rate being most likely from Delta Variant (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/coronavirus-news-august-2021/) as well as adding that the counties had similar Covid procedures at this time with Albama removing the "safer at home" order in March (https://www.tuscco.com/covid19/) and the Rhode Island government removing all restrictions in July (https://governor.ri.gov/press-releases/governor-mckee-rhode-island-department-health-lift-covid-19-restrictions-remaining) and we can also account for the spike in vaccination rates early on nationally as Biden said May 1st the vaccine would be available for everyone (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/11/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-all-americans-to-be-eligible-for-vaccinations-by-may-1-puts-the-nation-on-a-path-to-get-closer-to-normal-by-july-4th/)

[tom2470]

Maybe we do a title called context and in this and then say. Through further research we can explain some of the trends seen in the graphs above. We believe the large shift in vaccination rate seen throughout the country in the summer of 2021 is due to vaccines just becoming publicly available in May of 2021. And we believe the spike in deaths shown in both the comparisons plot and national plot in the fall of 2021 are a result of Delta Variant. We also were able to look back at public records and theorize that the confounding variable of political alignment for Rhode Island and Alabama (with the prevailing theory that Democratic run states took a more cautious/careful approach when coming to Covid compared to Republican run states) had little to no effect. We are able to say this because while Alabama did remove their stay at home order first (with their “safer at home policy” being discontinued in late March 2021); Rhode Island was not far behind with their high risk Covid activities being allowed again in July 2021.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/coronavirus-news-august-2021/ https://governor.ri.gov/press-releases/governor-mckee-rhode-island-department-health-lift-covid-19-restrictions-remaining https://www.tuscco.com/covid19/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/11/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-all-americans-to-be-eligible-for-vaccinations-by-may-1-puts-the-nation-on-a-path-to-get-closer-to-normal-by-july-4th/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00685-X/fulltext

[smr-j]

Just created a pull request for the updated webpage that includes this analysis + these sources. I made some minor changes for flow, but let me know how you feel about it.