Do we the same number of car accidents as last year as “zero?” Same number of murders?!
I can think of no earthly scientific reason for this. This is data propaganda. Change my mind.
UPDATE: Unsurprisingly, some parts of the quoted post’s quoted post are wrong. See thread below.
From @violetblue: https://mastodon.social/@violetblue/113852273879261711
@inthehands @violetblue That’s not what the CDC says. That’s what someone who didn’t read assumed.
Go see for yourself on the CDC page: see “About the Data” and “Data Methods.” The baseline is the 10th percentile of previous timeframes. Which seems reasonable to me.
Not everything you read online is true.
@jamiemccarthy @inthehands @violetblue Yeah, I'm reading through this and just don't see anything like what's claimed in the original post. This description is pretty clear, and it is definitely not “last year's average is this year's zero.”
@waldoj Yeah, see updates in thread following the OP.
@inthehands Thanks!