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8/11/2021 10:22:19 PM

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Section 4: President & Congress
Subject: A Cartoon -- Question Msg# 1134753

From:

Jim Matthews

Joined 6/10/2008

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Tom Hemmick (Read) Forum Leader

Joined 7/21/2005

You TOTALLY ignored the point of my message [or maybe you just didn't want to acknowledge it]. The data I tabulated shows a higher rate of infection in those states with lower vaccination rate. Look at it again:

7-day rolling average of daily new reported cases per 100,000 residents vs percent vaccinated:

Louisiana 122 cases per 100,000 37.7% Fully Vaccinated

Florida 93 49.7%

Mississippi 90 35.2%

Arkansas 77 37.7%

Alabama 70 35%

Texas 48 44.6%

(All above states have relatively low vaccination rates)

New York 21 57.9%

Maryland 13 59.6%

[From an earlier message from me: So what condition do you think Maryland would be in if we had the same vaccination rate as LA, MS, and AL, for example? Do you think that vaccinating as many of our people as possible is important to overcoming this pandemic? (Do you even think we are in the midst of a pandemic? Some don't!)]

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
There's a big inconsistency in this report's charts. When you view the larger chart further down in the report you'll see more gentle movements in the data depicted. Seems the small upper charts are each very smashed, compressed, and thus falsely showing steep rises.

On the larger chart i've compared several states, to reach this conclusion. And when I tried Maryland that chart conveyed curvatures very similar to Maryland's own data. Confirming that the large chart is OK, is the better depiction.

So the large chart checks out, and the smaller ones are the problems. Small charts show misleadingly steep changes.

Same problem results noted when i tried the other options offered, like clicking the commands for totals or for deaths or for cases data. And those misleading variations were noted for Louisiana, Mississippi, and others showing those small charts.

Seems that some people's skepticism of the Washington Post, might call this another example.

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