DrJ
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Friendly reminder that as they try to scare everyone into vaccination, mask-wearing, and more lockdowns that they will use ”number of cases" as the scare metric. However, since number of cases depends on number of tests given, it is effectively meaningless to report number of cases without reporting the corresponding number of tests (but this is what almost all news outlets do). The number of cases can be manipulated by manipulating the number of tests, but the case *rate* cannot. Notably many government offices are going to start requiring tests of the unvaxxed so obviously we will see more cases even if the case rate remains unchanged or even decreases.
As a decent human being, it is your responsibility to point out that any person or source reporting number of cases without reporting number of tests may be classified as one or both of the following:
1) Does not understand very basic statistics
2) is being intentionally misleading
If the person genuinely does not understand the concept you may kindly use an example such as the following to explain:
Day 1 there are 100 cases, day 2 there are also 100 cases. No change in situation right? Wrong. On day 1, 1000 tests were given. On day 2, only 200 tests were given. It's clear that reporting only cases gives an incorrect idea of the situation.
Alternative example: Day 1 there are 100 cases. Day 2 only 10 cases. Great improvement right? Wrong. On day 1, 200 tests were given. On day 2 only 10 tests were performed. The covid rate is literally 100% and we are all doomed but since it's only number of cases being reported we can't understand how screwed we are.
I find it's best to give these "hiding that we're in trouble" examples rather than a "hiding it's actually okay" example because it really catches the attention of the NPCs and Karen's who live to go around mask and vax shaming and live for the feargasms they get from the 'pandemic'.
Even an idiot can understand these simple examples, so if a person continues to go on about case numbers only i believe it's quite fair to begin openly labeling them as intellectually dishonest.
that is all and stay well?
As a decent human being, it is your responsibility to point out that any person or source reporting number of cases without reporting number of tests may be classified as one or both of the following:
1) Does not understand very basic statistics
2) is being intentionally misleading
If the person genuinely does not understand the concept you may kindly use an example such as the following to explain:
Day 1 there are 100 cases, day 2 there are also 100 cases. No change in situation right? Wrong. On day 1, 1000 tests were given. On day 2, only 200 tests were given. It's clear that reporting only cases gives an incorrect idea of the situation.
Alternative example: Day 1 there are 100 cases. Day 2 only 10 cases. Great improvement right? Wrong. On day 1, 200 tests were given. On day 2 only 10 tests were performed. The covid rate is literally 100% and we are all doomed but since it's only number of cases being reported we can't understand how screwed we are.
I find it's best to give these "hiding that we're in trouble" examples rather than a "hiding it's actually okay" example because it really catches the attention of the NPCs and Karen's who live to go around mask and vax shaming and live for the feargasms they get from the 'pandemic'.
Even an idiot can understand these simple examples, so if a person continues to go on about case numbers only i believe it's quite fair to begin openly labeling them as intellectually dishonest.
that is all and stay well?