An Evaluation of a Dynamic Web-Based Visualization of Community Immunity

In this visualization participants can build their own avatar representing themselves and 8 other avatars representing people around them, like their family or coworkers. Our visualization then uses these avatars in a brief narrated video explaining how herd immunity works.

A screen capture of an interactive visualization: https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/feb/05/-sp-watch-how-measles-outbreak-spreads-when-kids-get-vaccinated

A gif showing measles spreading through populations with differing levels of vaccine coverage: https://imgur.com/gallery/8M7q8#J7LANQ4

A video showing how herd immunity works in general: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/two-sydney-babies-too-young-to-be-vaccinated-infected-with-measles

A video showing how herd immunity works in the context of influenza: https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/video/la-grippe-n-en-passez-pas-les-maux.html

A web-based application showing how herd immunity works in general: http://rocs.hu-berlin.de/D3/herd/