I know why politicians tried to scare everyone when the pandemic arrived in the spring — but why are they still trying to scare us now?
TONIGHT I'll walk you through the latest COVID-19 statistics for Ontario, but it applies to pretty much every such list of statistics we're seeing: Notice how the media only reports the "daily new cases." And note that the "total cases over time" is a useless statistic because it can never go down. It’s like saying: total number of Canadians who have a traffic accident over time.
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TONIGHT I'll walk you through the latest COVID-19 statistics for Ontario, but it applies to pretty much every such list of statistics we're seeing:
Notice how the media only reports the "daily new cases." And note that the "total cases over time" is a useless statistic because it can never go down. It’s like saying: total number of Canadians who have a traffic accident over time.