I would plot the derivative of this (e.g. daily or monthly hospitalizations) to make it easier to see the waves. Cumulative (of course) always goes up monotonically, and you have to visually look for higher-slope times to figure out when things are especially bad.
anisotropicmind t1_j6pjn9n wrote
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I would plot the derivative of this (e.g. daily or monthly hospitalizations) to make it easier to see the waves. Cumulative (of course) always goes up monotonically, and you have to visually look for higher-slope times to figure out when things are especially bad.