Trump is supposed to be in the process of making them retract some of their numbers for this...

Footnote: May 17, 2020 Why Belgium has recorded so many coronavirus deaths

Last post here, I just wanted to note Belgium is counting them the way I suggested in a previous post: “Our way of counting ...

matthew1 wrote: 14 May 2020, 12:45 Phainein7, I'm looking at you.

Goodbye....

numbers

If all deaths are recorded, one can examine yearly deaths, say over a period of ten years, and evaluate in ballparks what the death reality is.

Come this summer, if children are out and about, I suspect news reporting will exhibit the severity of affected children.
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More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

How Virginia Juked Its COVID-19 Data

The state is combining results from viral and antibody tests in the
same statistic. This threatens to confound ...

...how 4 words can trigger...

Your generalization dissected with three specific examples suggesting one character is in a separate taxonomic classification not related to the other two.
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RE: "...weak area in our system..."

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How COVID-19 ...

One could easily say

The snake-oil salesman has been effective at pulling the wool over many working stiffs, who have unrealistic expectations of a future world, while this salesman has been supporting.the business class with preferential considerations.

Aunt Emma says , "Like a cult leader ...

subzerocarfanatic wrote: 12 May 2020, 10:15...jack up the numbers of corona virus statistics

Like Red states report less, and Blue states more?

I'd say look around the world for stats...it surely can't be a global conspiracy. Even those in WH suggested China under reported.

...only way to win..

There are "dedicated" voters who vote for a single party, and there are party "swing" voters who will sometimes vote for a person(s) running in opposing party. And then there are independents. So, for those with a mind to choose a candidate, they generally vote for a person ...

Did I hit a nerve ?

I think one has failed to know what "Phainein" means. My socks are white...I attempt to be grounded in present tense learnings/understandings rather than follow the path of people like daredevil 'Mad' Mike Hughes, who learned the hard way, killed in crash of his homemade ...

Still, Interesting and I think most people here at least are capable of making up their own minds one way or another.

Without an overview of a given topic, its unlikely most will fully understand; our political process currently is a prime example. Case in point,

"Steve Bannon's phrase-"flooding ...