[FRIAM] Huh? What is this?

[George Duncan]

Worst? Hey, there must be mammoth competition for that slot!  Here, the
numbering of counties has no information content--geography north to south?
Nada.

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 9:35 AM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:

> Below is this morning's front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican.  It is
> obviously trying to give the virus story big play.  But I can't figure out
> what in hell this map and all its appendages are trying to tell me.  I
> might be missing something big time, but shouldn't this be nominated as the
> worst data visualization of the year?
>
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