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How does this inform us about how Americans perceive the world? The best I can figure out from this data is how many people the average American "knows". 329,
by CivBase 6y ago
How does this inform us about how Americans perceive the world? The best I can figure out from this data is how many people the average American "knows".
329,484,123 (US pop) / 3 / 500,443 (COVID-19 deaths) = 219.46
Apparently the average American knows about 220 people. Impressive.
EDIT: That's assuming each of the 1/3 Americans only knows exactly one person who has died of COVID-19. If we consider some of them know more than that, then the result should be even greater than 220.
- im3w1l 6y agoWhen someone you know dies, it shakes you up and changes your perspective. This process has happened to 1/3.
- CivBase 6y agoI'm sure more than 1/3 Americans know someone who has died in the last year. I'm sure that was also true last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, etc. If the psychological impact of death is your concern, there's little value in focusing on covid-specific deaths.
- barnaclejive 6y ago> there's little value in focusing on covid-specific deaths You don't get it. You probably never will.
- samspenc 6y agoI was wondering the same thing, so thanks for putting this together. My one suggestion would be to include only the adult population, since I'm guessing their data / surveys only include adults. 196M (approximate adult US pop) / 3 / 500K (COVID-19 deaths) ~= 130 But the numbers, i.e. average American knows somewhere between 130 to 219 people, seem a bit high.