Merge truncation predictions with observations for display

Internal function to prepare data for plotting or returning merged predictions and observations. Combines predictions with observed data from each snapshot, including the latest observations as reference.

Usage

merge_trunc_pred_obs(observations, predictions)

Arguments

observations

A list of <data.frame>s containing date and confirm columns, as stored in an estimate_truncation object.

predictions

A <data.table> of predictions from get_predictions().

Value

A <data.table> with columns: date, report_date, confirm (observed), last_confirm (from latest snapshot), and prediction columns (median, CrIs).