World stunned as 3 teenagers turn out to be brains behind Australia’s popular Covid-19 tracking website!

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It has come as a startling revelation to all that one of the most authoritative Covid-19 tracking sites in Australia is run by three teenagers in Melbourne.</p>
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The trio has hit media headlines worldwide after they made public that they were running the popular CovidbaseAU website. They decided to reveal their identities as they got their first Covid vaccination last week leaving many in shock that three teenagers were behind the popular site.</p>
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In a tweet 14-year-old Wesley with Jack and Darcy, both 15, tweeted a photograph of themselves.</p>
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They said they looked forward to joining the 25.30% of 12- to 15-year-olds in Victoria who had received at least one dose of vaccine.</p>
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CovidbaseAU has been tracking Covid-19 statistics since April 2021, breaking down Australian and global data on infections, hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations, according to a report in The Guardian.</p>
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The Melbourne teenagers told ABC TV the project was initially planned in February “just for fun”. It was a means to pursue their interests in coding and the media.</p>
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“Being really interested in data, we decided to take what we’ve been doing and create something with it. We spend a lot of time on it to try to make it as comprehensive as possible,” Jack said.</p>
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Eight state and territory governments, as well as the federal government regularly release Covid-19 data, often in different locations and formats.</p>
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Darcy said he wanted to “put it together and display it on a website so it’s accessible for everyone”.</p>