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GTA cellphone mobility data shows
- movement dropped 1% post-lockdown
- areas with more essential workers = more mobility
- affluent core, people who can work from home = moving the least
Our story challenges the province's messaging in a few ways.
:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/13/what-cellphone-mobility-data-can-teach-us-about-whos-driving-covid-infections-in-toronto-and-what-to-expect-from-the-holidays.html
- movement dropped 1% post-lockdown
- areas with more essential workers = more mobility
- affluent core, people who can work from home = moving the least
Our story challenges the province's messaging in a few ways.
:https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/13/what-cellphone-mobility-data-can-teach-us-about-whos-driving-covid-infections-in-toronto-and-what-to-expect-from-the-holidays.html
This week, CMOH Dr. David Williams lectured Ontarians to stop socializing: "people may say, well, whatever. No, it’s not whatever. You’ve got to do whatever you can to stop it.”
But a lot of movement -- and infection risk -- seems to be born by workers who don't have a choice.
But a lot of movement -- and infection risk -- seems to be born by workers who don't have a choice.
Meanwhile, a lot of people appear to be heeding public health advice on holidays -- particularly in poorer areas.
On Mother's Day, mobility dropped 41% compared to 2019.
We still saw a case spike 2 weeks later though, so even a little contact can cause a big problem.
On Mother's Day, mobility dropped 41% compared to 2019.
We still saw a case spike 2 weeks later though, so even a little contact can cause a big problem.
Socializing plays a role. But emphasizing personal choices -- "people either become complacent, complicit," Williams also said -- may be missing bigger, structural drivers of risk that Ontario's pandemic response has not fully grappled with.
A housing suitability case chart:
A housing suitability case chart:
The housing suitability & essential worker case growth charts were presented by @SteiniBrown, co-chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, at the same briefing last week.
Brown emphasized the need to provide supports if we want to control this second wave.
Brown emphasized the need to provide supports if we want to control this second wave.
Read our story for the full slate of insights! I didn't even get to the York Region mall part!
Very cool mobility data provided by @EnvironicsA.
@jyangstar and I wrote this story with data analysis by @primarydata. Graphics by @NathanPilla. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/13/what-cellphone-mobility-data-can-teach-us-about-whos-driving-covid-infections-in-toronto-and-what-to-expect-from-the-holidays.html
Very cool mobility data provided by @EnvironicsA.
@jyangstar and I wrote this story with data analysis by @primarydata. Graphics by @NathanPilla. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/13/what-cellphone-mobility-data-can-teach-us-about-whos-driving-covid-infections-in-toronto-and-what-to-expect-from-the-holidays.html
