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This is how Edouard,

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are piecing together the global COVID data that you see on OurWorldInData.org. Even two years into the pandemic many countries don’t publish their data in spreadsheets — but in press conferences or on social media.

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Edouard Mathieu

For those curious to see how difficult it can be to collect Covid data in some countries, here are a few examples of vaccination sources for: - China (official report with 1 number) - Haiti (image on Facebook) - Guyana (press conference on YouTube) - Ethiopia (image on Twitter)

12:07 AM · Dec 30, 2021

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Could a possible solution (or help) be that a uniform template of a few key metrics (on similar definitions) is provided to all national producers of this info, and this is submitted to WHO of which OurWorldInData could take a feed?

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