MSM reporting of US COVID-19 mortality rate: An exercise in 'How to Lie with Statistics'
A book published 66 years ago and still in print is an essential reference for understanding most of the data that you see about the pandemic afflicting the world today. Written by Darrell Huff and illustrated by Irving Geis, How to Lie With Statistics is both sardonic and a serious lesson in the abuse of math for propaganda. Whether or not it was studied by our Trump-hating media anxious to make the U.S. look bad, some of its lessons are being employed.A few days ago, we learned that the mortality rate from the coronavirus is lower than touted by the "experts." Much lower. As in, similar to the season flu.
Now, thanks (again) to Matt Margolis at PJ Media, we see that the United States has a comparatively low mortality rate. But downstate New York has the worst.
Curiously, when the media hounded Trump for weeks about testing, they kept screaming about "per capita" testing rates compared to South Korea. But now you hear not a word about "per capita" rates when it comes to mortality.
Why?
Because the hard numbers make the United States look as though it's fared much worse than the rest of the world. That's because idiots in the mainstream media lack the skill or the will to apply basic math. As Margolis notes, it's quite easy to see that we've done an incredible job.
The first list uses data from May 24 and shows total deaths of the ten hardest-hit countries. As you can see, using raw numbers, the United States appears to have fared the worst as countries are ranked in descending order.
1.USA (96,046)
2.UK (36,757)
3.Italy (32,735)
4.Spain (28.678)
5.France (28,218)
6.Brazil (22,013)
7.Belgium (9,280)
8.Germany (8,275)
9.Iran (7,417)
10.Netherlands (5,841)
But when Margolis adjusts the numbers to reflect per capita rates, the death rate per million people changes dramatically, as noted below. You can see that we drop way down on the list.
1.Belgium (791.76)
2.Spain (573.38)
3.UK (558.95)
4.Italy (524.58)
5.France (415.90)
6.Sweden (391.87)
7.Netherlands (338.01)
8.Ireland (309.86)
9.USA (288.74)
10.Switzerland (226.80)
Then Margolis does one final calculation.
Because our numbers are distorted thanks to Cuomo's and de Blasio's incompetent "leadership," downstate New York has a disproportionate number of deaths compared to anywhere else in the country. So Margolis recalculated the list by removing the numbers from downstate New York and making it like a separate country. Here's how that turned out. As you can see, downstate New York is worse than any European country, and the United States mortality rate drops.
1.Downstate NY (1,771.86)
2.Belgium (791.76)
3.Spain (573.38)
4.UK (558.95)
5.Italy (524.58)
6.France (415.90)
7.Sweden (391.87)
8.Netherlands (338.01)
9.Ireland (309.86)
10.USA sans downstate NY (233.44)
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Comments (23)
The test selection criteria may be quite different ; Australia is reporting less than 1/1000 confirmations.
Okaayyy ...
Now, how about what The Young Turks(!) Reveal about Biden ...
See also Comments on The Young Turks' Revelations
The Young Turks presentation was made a couple Months ago -- Well Before Joe's "You Ain't Black" gaffe
I'm a realist Crypto , I follow figures . This is not a left or right issue , its a life and death one . Covid will not leave one or the other group alone .
Covid-19 hit the coasts first, because that's where the occupants of the countries, that were hit first traveled to.
Unfortunately, it's just getting started here in the USA. We will likely see it hit more interior locations in the future, unless an effective available vaccine becomes available. We may also see the rates go up in areas that were already hit, due to a rush to end the lockdowns. IF everyone socially distanced and wore an effective mask, it would have less of an impact. But some refuse to do so and thus a new wave will likely be started.
Orchid -- They want us to die but I'm not taking the bait.
Ep -- No one wants you dead, but a few would use your death for political reasons
@ 2:20 --
With This going in Murkun population centers coast to coast & border to border ...
THAT oughta do it, wouldn't you say ep?
I reckon we'll know the True Death Rate by When? ... Maybe 4th of July?
Labor Day??
Pandemic Spreading 101
1) Have a million or so Murkuns converge in one place.
2) Have 'em go back where they came from.
Labor Day??
not for a couple of years . It won't be untill there's complete satuation , thats a long way off . The chinese know how bad covid is , they don't care usually how many die but with this they lock them down hard . Currently 200 million are locked down compared to the first outbreak of 49 million , speaks volume's .