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I would consider a 3% increase in mortality rate to be quite alarming.

• paulsutter 7y ago
  No information is provided whether the rate changed, only that the deaths were attributed to heat. This is the sort of homework I would expect of the journalist EDIT: regarding CNN, 9% doesn’t add up and the quote is vague. I know I’m crazy to expect journalists to care about numbers but it just bugs me
  • Steven_Vellon 7y ago
    CNN's reporting was better: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/europe/france-heat-wave-deaths-intl-hnk-scli/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/europe/france-heat-wave-death... They report that the mortality rate was 9% higher than baseline during the heat wave.
    • ousta 7y ago
      what about mortality rate after? probably lower than baseline as well