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The headline accurately reflects the content of the letter: > ... We project roughly 56 present of our population - 25.5 million people -- will be infected wit
by aazaa 7y ago
The headline accurately reflects the content of the letter:
> ... We project roughly 56 present of our population - 25.5 million people -- will be infected with the virus over an eight week period.
There is no qualification to that statement.
- Retric 7y agoThat’s a quote out of context. If I ask what’s the worst thing that can happen, the replies are going to seem horrific as predictions.
- CriticalCathed 7y agoIs it? It's a letter intended to persuade President Donald Trump to act in relief of California. I think the statistic is not out of context. There's nothing in that letter that changes the meaning. We have outside knowledge with respect to the letter that changes how we understand that number, but it has been rhetorically used in the letter just as it is quoted in the title. Often times things are sensationalist, or out of context, this is not one of those situations.
- jader201 7y agoThe letter — which is what is linked — has no additional context. So I’m not sure how one could say it’s taken out of context. It’s reflective of the actual content of the letter.