# Picture this: A path to normalcy

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2021-01-11
- **Format:** Video · 3 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Industry trends
- **Tools:** Tableau
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/picture-this-a-path-to-normalcy
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/embed/B_OURh6XMBI

I produced, narrated, edited and sketch-noted this video for Tableau explaining the five key data variables that signal progress toward a post-pandemic normal. Drawing on insight from a complex systems scientist, it breaks down vaccines, distribution, acceptance, testing and contact tracing as the metrics worth tracking.

## Key takeaways

- Vaccine data needs granular tracking of efficacy against severe disease versus transmission, plus side effects
- Distribution involves production, shipping and prioritising which groups get vaccinated first
- Vaccine acceptance and uptake are different problems: trust-building versus ease of access, best understood at postal code level
- Testing availability, barriers and turnaround time help communities spot hotspots and reopen safely
- Contact tracing remains foundational even alongside vaccines and testing for limiting further transmission

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/picture-this-a-path-to-normalcy

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