2021
Why Covid-19 Isn’t Like the Flu
Country/area: Spain
Organisation: Lavanguardia.com
Organisation size: Big
Publication date: 14 Apr 2020

Credit: Pablo González Pellicer
Project description:
The project tries to point out the differences that make Covid-19 a different disease and more dangerous than the common flu.
Impact reached:
The project was disseminated both in the breaking news of the newspaper and in the newspaper’s social networks. The response in audience was very good since it dealt with in a simple way complex aspects to visualize and that shed light on the contagion and death figures of covid-19.
Techniques/technologies used:
For this project we use animated 3D models in Autodesk Maya and later edited in After Effects. Weight-optimized mp4 pieces were rendered to later implement it through worpress in a Google AMP stories format.
What was the hardest part of this project?
The most complex part was to visualize abstract aspects (such as immunity, incubation time, degree of R, … etc.) visually to make the comparison with the common flu in the simple and clear way possible.
What can others learn from this project?
The editors can transfer abstract concepts in a visual and simple way, and in turn help contextualize and explain the numbers of deaths and infections in a clearer way.
Project links:
stories.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/20200414/24979/por-que-la-covid-19-no-es-como-una-gripe