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This isn’t what I’ve seen. Historical speculation talks about proportions because they’d have to use proportions to arrive at a total number anyway. Any *demic
by ttyprintk 5y ago
This isn’t what I’ve seen. Historical speculation talks about proportions because they’d have to use proportions to arrive at a total number anyway. Any *demic event with modern record keeping talks about the numerator.
- angelzen 5y agoDisaster reporting focuses on absolute numbers because populations have exploded during XX century. Disasters have a whole lot more people in their path, thus a solid chance to break morbid records that sell newspapers. "Record deaths during Japan tsunami" sells a whole lot better than "Yet another tsunami in Japan". This is media selling fear porn. It didn't start with covid.