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Thread: today winds up operations. No words are enough for what this team of deeply committed volunteers did - for now, I'll just say thank you. There are lessons for the future of data in India, but that's for another day. Now: what happens next to covid data?
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Let me start by saying clearly that in accordance with their visions and wishes, no group is taking over covid19india.org. Some of us have taken advantage of their generous sharing of knowledge and time to build something new. There may be others. I will talk about ours.
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That is the aim, but bear with us for bugs, delays and similar problems for the first few weeks. In fact, don't just bear with us - actively reach out to us when you spot an error and help us make it as close to perfect as we can.
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On the front-end, a separate team is working on having a public-facing interface that similarly replicates covid19india.org. This should be up in the next week or two hopefully. While data matters to the research community, the website is a public good that people deserve.
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Now for the superb volunteer response we received for data entry: thank you! We are in the process of organising you into slots. For the first week or so, we will keep this team down to five for ease, and then walk the broader group through the process.
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So, onwards and upwards! After some initial hiccups, we hope to have your access to the data as smooth, easy and most importantly *open* as it was so far. (Thread ends. I'll keep you updated.)
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