Misleading graph alert! The green graph's vertical axis starts at 150,000 instead of 0. It shows the number falling to about 50%, not 10% as it appear at first.

Misleading graph alert! The green graph's vertical axis starts at 150,000 instead of 0. It shows the number falling to about 50%, not 10% as it appear at first. The misleadingness fits the author's narrative, which is how it always seems to go so I think it's safe to assume malice and that he's trying to mislead his readers.