Covid-19 Lock-downs have impacted most of the globe. How effective were they?
Advancing the daily mortality curve by 18 days the fatal infection curve can be reconstructed and this is illustrated in the video. This can be compared against the reduced human movement by Google Mobility Reports to understand how lock-down effected virus transmission. Flattening the curve illustrated for Sweden compared against Nordic neighbors Denmark, Norway and Finland.

Charts charts included for: UK, USA, California, Spain, Malaysia, Peru, Italy, Brazil, New York, Guayas Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Sweden, Russia, Mongolia, Turkey, India, South Africa, New Zealand, South Korea Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos,
Americas: Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Chile
Europe: France, Germany, Poland, Greece, Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
Middle East: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE
Africa: Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Kenya
Asia: Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
USA peaks: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Pennsylvania
USA Easter Spikes: Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama

Data valid to 20 June.

Data sources:
Google Mobility Reports https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
European Centre for Disease Prevention https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publica...
New York Times US dataset https://data.humdata.org/dataset/nyt-...

Voice: Matthew Bell

Music by Borrtex.
Sequence, Floating, Collective decision, Gratitude, Plants, love generosity, Walking.

Useful resources:
The Financial Times excess deaths feature https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-4...
Worldometer for Corona-virus stats https://www.worldometers.info/coronav...

Cape Town loch-down footage:
Luke Bell

Image credits:
Pisa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Guyaquil https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Las Penas Guayaquil https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...