It’s review time ! This week’s blog post is all about an R package I’m very excited to review. Last week, my classmates and I had the opportunity to create an R package as a part of ETC5523 Communicating with Data unit and this week I’ll be reviewing my classmate, Lachlan Moody’s R package covid19usa.

One of the many things I like about R Shiny is that it provides a wonderful platform to make interactive web applications,therefore I was beyond excited when our class was tasked with creating a web application on COVID-19 using R Shiny for ETC5523.

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most discussed and relevant issue that the world is facing in the year 2020.What began in Wuhan,spread over the globe in a matter of moments.

Coronavirus,COVID, 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease,the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has ravaged the world has many names since it saw it’s origin in Wuhan,China in December 2019.