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1/ Modifying a phrase from the game Portal:
"The date is a lie."
One headline yesterday read:
"Colorado deaths increase by 22%"
Reports and dashboards said 120 people died in Colorado yesterday!
That& #39;s a lie. Only 2 did.
Big h/t to @co_hurricane for tracking this!
"The date is a lie."
One headline yesterday read:
"Colorado deaths increase by 22%"
Reports and dashboards said 120 people died in Colorado yesterday!
That& #39;s a lie. Only 2 did.
Big h/t to @co_hurricane for tracking this!
2/ The first chart shows the number of deaths each day and the second chart shows the same data but with a "running total." This is how much of your data is collected.
And where does the data from? Why from screenshots of course.
See that big jump 2 days ago?
And where does the data from? Why from screenshots of course.
See that big jump 2 days ago?
3/ The good folks at @COVID19Tracking do great work but they& #39;re beholden to data as it comes in.
They take screenshot 1 with deaths of 552 and compare it to screenshot 2 of 672 deaths = 120 dead!
Here& #39;s the problem: 120 did not die in Colorado from #COVID19 yesterday.
2 did.
They take screenshot 1 with deaths of 552 and compare it to screenshot 2 of 672 deaths = 120 dead!
Here& #39;s the problem: 120 did not die in Colorado from #COVID19 yesterday.
2 did.
4/ If I saw that MY state had 120 deaths overnight - I& #39;d freak out and so would you.
Luckily for us - about 3 days ago Colorado started putting out data by ACTUAL DEATH DATE.
Let& #39;s look at ACTUAL DATE vs. REPORTED DATE
Luckily for us - about 3 days ago Colorado started putting out data by ACTUAL DEATH DATE.
Let& #39;s look at ACTUAL DATE vs. REPORTED DATE
5/ The blue bars are the number of people who are died of #COVID19 according to THEIR ACTUAL DEATH CERTIFICATE.
Think about it logically. When someone dies at a hospice, you notify the next of kin, notify the county, which notifies the state.
And finally the screenbot finds it.
Think about it logically. When someone dies at a hospice, you notify the next of kin, notify the county, which notifies the state.
And finally the screenbot finds it.
6/ 3 days ago we showed you how in Pennsylvania one big burst of deaths was WEEKS late in reporting because of some cover -up at a VA hospice.
That is shameful and it& #39;s happening all over the county: https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1253363061680861184?s=20">https://twitter.com/justin_ha...
That is shameful and it& #39;s happening all over the county: https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1253363061680861184?s=20">https://twitter.com/justin_ha...
Yesterday we showed you how the PA Department of Health was caught in a serious lie and to rescind 200 deaths. https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1253945237585555457">https://twitter.com/justin_ha...
7/ So where did those 120 deaths come from.
Oh those are real deaths (or at least WIDE-latitude counted deaths from #COVID19) but they had to layer them back into the past.
So on March 20th the dashboards told us only 3 people died. 20 people actually died on that day.
Oh those are real deaths (or at least WIDE-latitude counted deaths from #COVID19) but they had to layer them back into the past.
So on March 20th the dashboards told us only 3 people died. 20 people actually died on that day.
8/ On April 8th the dashboards noted that 13 people died, 33 did.
And that was the high mark.
To date: Colorado has experience no more that 36 deaths in a single day.
And that was the high mark.
To date: Colorado has experience no more that 36 deaths in a single day.
9/ We& #39;ve created a monster. By mandating a reporting cadence which mirrors our elections we& #39;ve created the perception of hanging chads and backroom ballots. Some of shenanigans are very real and very costly.
What& #39;s more costly? Our lazy reporters failing to press for the actuals
What& #39;s more costly? Our lazy reporters failing to press for the actuals
