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Anecdata vs statistics? Some people did die. Some do know them. If no people you know died, does it makes it a media hoax?
by mantas 6y ago
Anecdata vs statistics? Some people did die. Some do know them. If no people you know died, does it makes it a media hoax?
- matz1 6y agoSure its sucks for some people who die or know people who died but for most other people they won't even notice.
- mantas 6y agoWhat's what I said up the thread. It's a tragedy for people directly involved even though averaged-out it becomes a cold statistics. Personally I'd rather not gamble wether I'd end up on tragedy or statistics side.
- matz1 6y agoTechnically, life itself is a series of gamble, every choice has its risk and benefit.
- Semaphor 6y agoYes, I used statistics. You said it’s likely. I gave numbers on how many people you’d need to know to, on average, know someone who died. Which, considering how high that number is, does not make it seem "likely" Edit: > does it makes it a media hoax Honestly, you completely lost me there. Did you read some other comment and attributed it to me? edit2: FWIW, I wear a mask when going to the store despite it being only required inside, one of maybe 5% of people who do that. And that’s in a city of 200k with 0 known active cases.