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Ms. Toad

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21. So why did Newsweek get it wrong?

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #20)

Thu Apr 9, 2020, 07:31 PM

Apr 2020

Why did everyone in the original two threads whose beliefs were clear get it wrong? (Not everyone made it clear whether they thought it was a point in time or an average - but those whose beliefs I could tell got it wrong.)

So no, it's not pretty clear what it is showing.

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Coronavirus Becomes Leading Cause of Death in U.S. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP

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Question to ask tRump cultists: Are you sick of winning or just sick? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #3

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It may still be true that compared with average deaths for each cause Igel Apr 2020 #7

well, not really, they are using statistics taken may months ago, long before the stay at home order yaesu Apr 2020 #8

So you are suggesting that because people are staying at home, they are no longer LisaL Apr 2020 #10

The "more to the story" has nothing to do with other causes dropping Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #12

Chicago had 21 shooting the other day. How does that happen in a everyone stays home jimfields33 Apr 2020 #27

This is EXTREMELY misleading - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #11

Average daily deaths from heart disease and cancer presumably stay nearly constant over the year. LisaL Apr 2020 #13

On a handful of days it caused more deaths than the other illnesses. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #14

it's showing deaths per day unblock Apr 2020 #15

You're completely missing my point. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #17

Ok, a fine distinction. unblock Apr 2020 #18

Not unless the others are averages for that one day. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #19

I see no problem in comparing actual covid19 deaths to averages of other causes unblock Apr 2020 #24

It is NOT clear without a label that distinguishes the COVID 19 bar from the others. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #25

It almost certainly does make it the leading cause of death ... ON THAT DAY ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #16

But that's not how it is being reported. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #22

It's pretty clear what it is showing. Chemisse Apr 2020 #20

So why did Newsweek get it wrong? Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #21

Here is a very cool day-by-day visualization that shows the change since March 1 Chemisse Apr 2020 #23

Kenneth Dopeland... I mean Copeland's casting away Satan did not work rpannier Apr 2020 #28