Public access to data has been more constrained than data scientists Around the world, citizens are clamouring for information, seeking anticipated following the advent of the Internet and ubiquitous clarity in the midst of one of the most confusing and unpredictable cloud storage. [...] And in the early weeks of the pandemic, the world suffered through the lack of personal protection equipment, inadequacy of indeed, with the national media medical reports, and an acute shortage of tests, all caused by the lack understandably obsessed about the of pandemic readiness planning. [...] The obvious downside of the the adequacy of reporting (deaths are more accurately recorded than the number of people suffering from the disease, although information deluge in the media is that it is even those usually don’t include people dying at home). [...] In Canada, with high-impact events, this category is very broad and includes the task of tracking the disease has fallen to the Government of virtually everyone: policymakers, public servants, the media, Canada and thirteen provincial and territorial governments. [...] References There is, as yet, no systematic and focused reporting of the 1 A collection of links to some of the world’s best COVID-19 data progress of the illness in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities visualization resources created by academic researchers and – a gap that governments may soon regret, if the kind of outbreak members of the open source community: .