fbarillas08 / web_scrapping_calculating_covid19_herdinmunity-_in_fl

Web Scrapping of Vaccination Rates in Florida

Objective: Calculate the timeframe needed to reach a Herd Inmunity Threshold (HIT) based solely on vaccination against COVID-19 in each county in Florida.

Data Source: CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard updated daily at 2000 EST

Methodology:

• Automatically scrape the CDC data to obtain the latest vaccinations per age group (Over 18 and Over 65) and total vaccinations
• Move scrape data into a SQL database for storage
• Extract values for computation including: - Number of new vaccinations - Total number of vaccinations per age group
• Calculate vaccination rates per county based on the previous 7-days
• Calculate number of days needed to reach the HIT
• Save new daily data into dataframes and sql database
• Convert data into json files for manipulation and calculations for html publication
• Create an appropriate easy-to-read dashboard to drive the message

Challenges:

• Automating the scrapping
• Manipulating the data from csv to json files for ease of publication
• css styling of the dashboard using bootstrap