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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock
I get what you're saying, but to me the fact that we do badly in every type of death rate chart throughout most of the Pandemic does have to be taken seriously, even if the method of how the one on this thread has been counted is questionable.
To me if it was just a dodgy graphic or whatever I would be way less critical of the Tories handling of the disease, but sadly a lot of other graphics always show us high up on the death rates too.
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Again I don't disagree but I would argue that if one has better stats and graphics that can be used to illustrate an argument, those are the ones that should be used, instead of cherry picking figures to create more graphs. It's a common media tactic but really all it does is create weak points in the argument that can easily be picked apart by a critic.
In short, you don't bolster existing robust statistics by including weaker contrived statistics... You actually knock the legs out from under them by introducing the element of doubt.