20200403_Flatten_the_curve_animated_GIF.gif

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English: Animated graphic showing "flattening the curve" by slowing the spread of pandemics such as Coronavirus, so that health care demands stay within capacity.

Designer's note:

  • An "international" version, without text, is shown and linked below.
  • Graphic was made in response to a request at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop ( diff ).
  • I made 49 individual graphic frames manually with Inkskape (esp. its Bezier tool) and exported as 49 unique PNGs. I imported the 49 PNGs as layers into Gimp. To pad the beginning and end with a "stationary" intro and finish, I added about 33 extra first and last frames within Gimp before exporting as a 30 ms/frame GIF.
  • Example of visualizing changing healthcare capacity (sloping dashed line) is found at:
Radtke, Alexander Flatten the coronavirus curve . FlowingData.com . Nathan Yau (editor) ( March 9, 2020 ). Archived from the original on March 12, 2020 .
  • Symbols make the graphic friendlier for an international audience.
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Author RCraig09

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Animated graphic showing "flattening the curve" by slowing the spread of pandemics such as Coronavirus, so that health care demands stay within capacity

inception

3 April 2020

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