Interesting article about use of numbers

[meierlde]

This article :https://www.realclearmarkets.com/ar...s_lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_488985.html
points out that raw number comparisons between countries and states don't make a lot of sense since state populations vary. It suggests that per capita rates be used, at which point the us

"This headline gives no hint that the US has one of the lowest death rates per million when compared to Western European countries. In fact, the rate for Spain is about 6 times the US, with Italy, France, Belgium, and UK, being 5 times, 4 times, 6 times, and 2.5 times respectively. Only Germany has a rate lower, at about half the US’s." Another comment points out that Texas, California and Florida have the lowest number of cases per million. (Texas is lower than Florida, but that does not fit the narrative. So as usual when facts do not conform to the theory they are ignored.

 

[Gumby]

This article :https://www.realclearmarkets.com/ar...s_lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_488985.html
points out that raw number comparisons between countries and states don't make a lot of sense since state populations vary. It suggests that per capita rates be used, at which point the us

"This headline gives no hint that the US has one of the lowest death rates per million when compared to Western European countries. In fact, the rate for Spain is about 6 times the US, with Italy, France, Belgium, and UK, being 5 times, 4 times, 6 times, and 2.5 times respectively. Only Germany has a rate lower, at about half the US’s." Another comment points out that Texas, California and Florida have the lowest number of cases per million. (Texas is lower than Florida, but that does not fit the narrative. So as usual when facts do not conform to the theory they are ignored.

Wrong for TX, CA and FL - look at this site and sort by total cases per 1M population. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

 

[cathy63]

There are certainly people and places that are reporting per capita data. Here's the one I use to get a better feel for the data than absolute counts give me: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/

Here's another table that lots of people here like and it can easily be sorted by per capita: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

I didn't read the article, but if they're asserting that Texas, California and Florida have the lowest number of cases per million amongst U.S. states, that's incorrect. FL is 20th, CA around 30th, and TX around 40th. The states at the bottom of the list are Alaska, Montana and Hawaii.

 

[meierlde]

Wrong for TX, CA and FL - look at this site and sort by total cases per 1M population. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Note the article cites deaths not cases.

 

[Gumby]

Note the article cites deaths not cases.

And even by that metric is still wrong. Go to the worldometer site, sort by deaths and see for yourself.

 

[razztazz]

Why is this not being dismissed as media propaganda/hype/agenda? "Media". "Middleman". "Go-Between". They have what you need: knowledge.Purportedly from experts/good sources. They pass it along to you. Agenda free and pure of heart. It could be no other way, could it?

The site a self-proclaimed Right Wing operator. They have an agenda.



(And you can hold off on the "Well what about left wing...." I don't like them either and they are not in evidence here.)