A year of pandemic, pattern

I read Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth by Ed Diener and son Robert Biswas-Diener. The chapter on measuring happiness by country and culture to enable comparative analysis was (for me) the most interesting portion of that book. An example:

Now overlay that to a year of pandemic, take your pick of map visual, the data is about 1–2 variance weeks between maps:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:COVID-19_Outbreak_World_Map_per_Capita.svg

I’m surprised by Antarctica. I believe the display of Africa is misleading because of testing and reporting.

Covid-19/Coronavirus cases (rates / per capita) | Worldmapper

Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak

Covid world map: which countries have the most coronavirus vaccinations, cases and deaths?

COVID-19 Maps & visuals

COVID-19 Map - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center