tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3817412822590938211..comments2024-03-28T10:25:19.628+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Maybe high pressure lying was inevitableA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-84769184641834681202021-03-01T11:39:28.975+00:002021-03-01T11:39:28.975+00:00Jannie - yes we have given too much away and there...Jannie - yes we have given too much away and there is no way to correct it. They know what we are collectively. <br /><br />DJ - 'bad thing up by 50%' - I'm tempted to use that as a blog post title. Presentation of the coronavirus numbers is my main gripe. We know that some deaths caused by ischaemic heart disease are being classified as Covid-19 because it is on the death certificate. There may be good statistical reasons behind that but it skews public presentation of the data towards scary numbers rather than more balanced information. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-23494836483314053842021-03-01T08:29:49.615+00:002021-03-01T08:29:49.615+00:00PTO from Statistica:
In 2018 there were over 40 ...PTO from Statistica: <br /><br />In 2018 there were over 40 thousand deaths caused by ischaemic heart diseases in the United Kingdom, making it the leading cause of death in that year. Since 2001 there has been a noticeable increase in the number of people dying from dementia or alzheimers, which caused 26.5 thousand deaths in 2018, an increase of almost ten thousand when compared with 2012.<br /><br />Ischemic heart disease: 769 per week<br />Dementia and alzheimers: 509 per week<br /><br />...and we don't yet know how many of those sort of deaths might currently be recorded as COVID deaths. But even when COVID is no longer in the news, people are still going to die of other 'causes'.DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-84529672918523909222021-03-01T08:21:26.813+00:002021-03-01T08:21:26.813+00:00I suspect you right, or at least partly so. The ot...I suspect you right, or at least partly so. The other driver is the media searching how best to present information for its 'shock value' (because that sells advertising (the BBC has no excuse)). In some cases the 'lying by omission' is merely part of the process of stirring your readership's emotions by ignoring the boring stuff.<br /><br />One of my red flags is any news item that trumpets 'bad thing up by 50%' without any other details (lying by partial omission). If, say, the headline was 'Number of people killed by exploding bean cans up by 50%' that sounds alarming. But if the actual numbers went from 2 people per year to 3 people per year... big yawn.<br /><br />Now I'm not a Coronavirus or Lockdown denier... but I do wish the numbers were presented in a balanced way. Yesterday 144 people were reported to have died with or of Coronavirus. This is markedly down compared with previous weeks and a good thing. But... how many people die per day of various causes? You have to dig for the information, thank you internet, it's not presented alongside the daily figures. 144 people dying, while sad for those involved, might be 'trivial' or it might be 'alarming'. But we don't know at first glance what to expect in a country of roughly 70 million people.DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-42159472427986190062021-02-28T20:52:18.195+00:002021-02-28T20:52:18.195+00:00Unfortunately you're right. The PTB have found...Unfortunately you're right. The PTB have found out for certain just how malleable the sheeple are and how easily they can be manipulated with lies, spin and outright bollox.The Jannienoreply@blogger.com