It's a good point. We had an obsession with Iraq war deaths when daily #s

Mar 30, 2020
7:19:28am

Artist Walk-on

Where reported.
Curiously the daily numbers went away in Nov 2008 and everybody forgot. The numbers are an easy thing to grasp and obsess over (even when the context and reliability are loosely understood).

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If we had daily death counts for smoking, drunk driving, etc...

Xenon

3/30/20 5:47am

Most people have the mindset that "it won't happen to me." So it is doubtful.

rtNelson

3/30/20 5:56am

If we had nightly death counts (in the summer) of swimming pool deaths

HighHorse

3/30/20 6:39am

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coolcats

3/30/20 6:48am

Some states broadcast the # of traffic deaths that year on e-road signs

ForzaPuma

3/30/20 6:48am

For me every time I see those it’s a very effective reminder to be careful

BYUfan92

3/30/20 7:18am

It reframes the driving mind and puts things into perspective.

Zooropa

3/30/20 11:39pm

Here you go

buffgato

3/30/20 7:09am

Dang. And in a few more days…

Jay Rick

3/30/20 7:57am

That's an interesting video... wish the flu was on there since that's that's

Ryan M

3/30/20 8:01am

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Buffalo

3/30/20 8:15am

This is very misleading

Colorado

3/30/20 10:42am

sorry, meant as response to the graph post

Colorado

3/30/20 10:42am

I think that's kind of a reach, but you're entitled to your opinion

buffgato

3/30/20 10:56am

You are right that the chart title says what it is but the average person will

Colorado

3/30/20 11:10am

RE: I think that's kind of a reach, but you're entitled to your opinion

Blue Mountains

3/30/20 2:08pm

I would be interested to see if COVID19 deaths are truly incremental to those

jholling

3/30/20 8:15am

I'm guessing that the others are the US daily averages

Styro

3/30/20 8:19am

It says that the others are average. Which seems fair. We have years of data

Jay Rick

3/30/20 9:44am

Except for flu which has a seasonal pattern not unlike Covid-19

Colorado

3/30/20 11:14am

It’s probably true that there’s no perfect apples to apples comparison to

Jay Rick

3/30/20 11:18am

Gotta think accidents are down with less driving but suicides probably are up.

tevye

3/30/20 8:58am

Flu and Accidents should be down. Except for in-home "accidents"

ochobeeguy

3/30/20 9:14am

That’s interesting

gurt

3/30/20 9:06am

This may be misleading to some who don’t realize what this is actually showing.

Blue Mountains

3/30/20 9:51am

Agree. The COVID # is not an average.

BluebloodOR

3/30/20 2:26pm

I think we can all agree that would be more misleading. Why would we divide

hardcorecoug

3/30/20 2:47pm

I think if one makes any comparison using top US causes of death

Blue Mountains

3/30/20 3:01pm

I'm all for apples to apples comparison, which is why it makes no sense to

hardcorecoug

3/30/20 3:24pm

Imagine the chart showing deaths per day on September 12, 2001

MarylandFan

3/31/20 3:54am

Wait, you know we expect the other deaths to go up because COVID uncontrolled

Zoobieman

3/30/20 12:09pm

the biggest unknown is which of the COVID deaths have already been counted

korihor

3/30/20 12:23pm

It's a good point. We had an obsession with Iraq war deaths when daily #s

Artist

3/30/20 7:19am

I remember so clearly that phenomenon. Irritates me to this day.

Robert Baratheon

3/30/20 9:01am

Probably

gurt

3/30/20 9:04am

How about 100 gun deaths every day?

CallingDingo

3/30/20 9:39am

Love this idea, seems like it could have a good effect.

Mitty

3/30/20 10:08am

You want more of what we are seeing now? No, thank you. People are irrational

Colorado

3/30/20 11:24am

I don’t know that an everyday thing is the same as a new threat.

StalwartBraveTrue

3/30/20 8:02pm

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