Blog post for unpacking case fatality rate

[hlzhou]

I had trouble running blogdown and serving the post on my machine, but otherwise I followed the instructions on the README for where to place the blog post and dependencies.

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[capnrefsmmat]

just a quick formatting check; I haven't read the text yet, but that can happen in the next few days

[capnrefsmmat]

I'll start trying to get this into our final formatting in the next few days. Could you provide a short one-sentence bio for each author, like the ones at the end of the new causal post? Include a website if the author has one. You can post the bios in a comment here and I'll get them incorporated.

[capnrefsmmat]

Also, a short 150-character summary to go in the post list.

You might also start thinking about a short tweet thread to accompany the post. You can see some examples @CmuDelphi; they usually highlight a couple key graphs and summarize the main results.

[hlzhou]

I'll start trying to get this into our final formatting in the next few days. Could you provide a short one-sentence bio for each author, like the ones at the end of the new causal post? Include a website if the author has one. You can post the bios in a comment here and I'll get them incorporated.

Sure thing, here are the bios:
(Helen Zhou)[https://www.helen-zhou.com] is a PhD student in the Machine Learning Department at CMU and is a member of Delphi.

(Cheng Cheng)[https://linkedin.com/in/cheng-cheng-419718106] is a PhD student in Machine Learning and Public Policy at CMU and is a member of Delphi.

(Jeremy Chen Weiss)[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jweiss2/] is an Assistant Professor of Health Informatics at CMU and is a member of Delphi.

(Zachary Chase Lipton)[acmilab.org] is an Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Machine Learning at CMU and is a member of Delphi.

[hlzhou]

Also, a short 150-character summary to go in the post list.

You might also start thinking about a short tweet thread to accompany the post. You can see some examples @CmuDelphi; they usually highlight a couple key graphs and summarize the main results.

Here's a 149-character summary:
Since the pandemic started, case fatality has plummeted. How can we unpack treatment improvements versus younger patients, increased testing, etc.?

[sgratzl]

I just updated the setup of this blog post and compiled a proper version.

changed

• updated to latest dev
• added author infos
• added summary
• fixed the blogdown setup - somehow the bib file couldn't be parsed

TODO

• hero image?
• tags?
• should we try to style the bibliography a bit?

current version: https://deploy-preview-226--cmu-delphi-main.netlify.app/blog/2021/01/22/unpacking-the-drop-in-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/

[sgratzl]

setup should be fine now

[tildechris]

Is there a setting to give figures a white background instead of transparent? Here's what it looks like when they are enlarged:

[sgratzl]

setup should be fine now

[sgratzl]

Is there a setting to give figures a white background instead of transparent? Here's what it looks like when they are enlarged:

we can set a background directly in the SVG files. If we would do it in the HTML popup, the white area would cover the whole screen.

[sgratzl]

should we keep enforcing that this text is in blue?

[capnrefsmmat]

I'm not a fan of using colored text here; the post already uses bold, italics, and bold-italic text, and four emphasis styles is a bit too much.

Also, I'd change the top-level headings to ##, since we usually use <h2>s for headers in content (since the post title is an <h1>). Subheads should go down a level as well.

[sgratzl]

I'm not a fan of using colored text here; the post already uses bold, italics, and bold-italic text, and four emphasis styles is a bit too much.

Also, I'd change the top-level headings to ##, since we usually use <h2>s for headers in content (since the post title is an <h1>). Subheads should go down a level as well.

done

[hlzhou]

I just updated the setup of this blog post and compiled a proper version.

changed

• updated to latest dev
• added author infos
• added summary
• fixed the blogdown setup - somehow the bib file couldn't be parsed

TODO

• hero image?
• tags?
• should we try to style the bibliography a bit?

current version: https://deploy-preview-226--cmu-delphi-main.netlify.app/blog/2021/01/22/unpacking-the-drop-in-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/

I added an APA bibliography style for now, some potential new tags (not sure if it falls under any of the previous tags), and an acknowledgements section. Where do you normally find hero images?

[tildechris]

Where do you normally find hero images?

Two best royalty free sites are unsplash.com and pexels.com. You can also message me on slack and I can help if you have a rough idea of what you're looking for.

[tildechris]

What do you think about this image? I wanted to evoke a "one out X" sentiment.

[capnrefsmmat]

Dunno, when the topic is case fatality rate, isn't singling out one person in the image a bit morbid?

[hlzhou]

Just added a hero image under the static/blog/images folder titled "unpack-cfr-full-size.jpg" and "unpack-cfr-thumb.jpg." Are there any other remaining TODOs for this blog post?

[sgratzl]

current state: https://deploy-preview-226--cmu-delphi-main.netlify.app/blog/2021/01/22/unpacking-the-drop-in-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/

[sgratzl]

ok from a technical perspective

[tildechris]

Dunno, when the topic is case fatality rate, isn't singling out one person in the image a bit morbid?

Well, the topic is literally about mortality, but yes perhaps it's too evocative. I saw the hospital room hero image, and I like that better. LGTM from me too, so we just need to finalize the content.

[zackchase]

hi all, after making a pass (see my commit) I approve the content and am happy for the post to be deployed provided that engineering confirms that everything renders properly and that my line breaking didn't screw up anything.

[zackchase]

Provided that this passes engineering checks for rendering properly to HTML, I approve this content.

[tildechris]

LGTM.