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No this is just the new way of doing things. COVID case numbers were notoriously absolute during the whole pandemic (in some cases govts insisted the media/dash
by cies 4y ago
No this is just the new way of doing things. COVID case numbers were notoriously absolute during the whole pandemic (in some cases govts insisted the media/dashboads only gave absolutes), which is so useless as a data point and so easy to make useful, but no...
This is the new journalism/government: we love absolutes.
- jfabre 4y agoYour first sentence is more of a commentary than anything. Other than that I have to agree with you, just giving the numbers like that is super meaningless and almost deceptive, especially for infection data. It's a disgrace and shouldn't be tolerated, it makes people with poor deductive skills draw the wrong conclusions and operate with emotions instead of logic.