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The lowest point of the first trough is when COVID starts. It then rapidly increases and stays high for two years.
by ceejayoz 7mo ago
The lowest point of the first trough is when COVID starts. It then rapidly increases and stays high for two years.
- conductr 7mo agoIt looks like that rapid increase was a return to pre-covid normal. It never spikes above pre-covid. Given the world was returning to normal, this is precisely what you'd expect most trends to look like, something like in-restaurant dining probably looks similar.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoAs the authors note, their data only goes back to 2018. So “pre-COVID normal” is tough to confirm here. Then we have to figure out why it dropped so much pre-COVID. Because the timeline doesn’t say it can possibly be Flock. Same for the 2023 drop. The timeline simply doesn’t match up with Flock’s rollout.
- conductr 7mo agoThat’s why I said “how I read this chart is ….” I don’t know what pre2018 looked like either. But on this chart, it was the precovid portion. Nowhere on here am I seeing how covid caused a spike up, that’s what you said though and signifying our differences in reading the chart that was shown.