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What specifically is misleading or not factual about it? It's comparing number of cases and deaths, not the virus itself.
by stakkur 7y ago
What specifically is misleading or not factual about it? It's comparing number of cases and deaths, not the virus itself.
- 420haxxor 7y agobecause it pales in comparison now, but it's still spreading. What value is there in a snapshot measurement of something that is actively increasing at an exponential rate?? The sentence chosen for the post title reads completely different if you read the following sentence in the article.
- 420haxxor 7y agolook at the other top level comment. the quote includes the very important qualifier "at this point" which was omitted in your post title.
- stakkur 7y agoHow would it be possible to quantify data from the future, exactly? Or is it necessary to say 'this doesn't include unknown data from the future'?
- smallduck 7y agoRepeating the quote: "experts warn that the COVID-19 shouldn't be .. compared to a bad case of the flu". Contrasting the victim counts literally implies the comparison this article warns against.
- stakkur 7y ago>>Contrasting the victim counts literally implies the comparison this article warns against The title is a comparison of the counts of cases and deaths, not the severity or impact of the illness. It's...data. And by the way, those people who are dead from influenza likely count just as much as those dead from coronavirus.