An online social distancing tracker based largely on algorithms and cell phone data does not give the KVOE listening area — or the state of Kansas as a whole — good marks for following the six-foot space guideline or in limiting non-essential travel as coronavirus spreads.
Unacast gives Lyon County a D-minus on its Social Distancing Scoreboard. D grades go to Coffey and Osage counties, and the report gives Chase, Greenwood and Wabaunsee counties Fs. Morris County gets the best grade areawide at a C.
Saying “we’re not doing so hot” on social distancing, Lyon County Emergency Communications Director Roxanne Van Gundy urged residents to follow guidelines as outlined by local, state and federal health officials the last several weeks.
Kansas as a whole gets a D.
Unacast bases its information on so-called change in average mobility as based on distance traveled and change in non-essential visits. It tracks social distancing through a variety of online sources, including the Johns Hopkins information repository that involves Federal Information Processing Standards for document processing, encryption algorithms and other information technology standards.
Click here for a link to the Unacast Social Distancing Scoreboard.
