Monday, July 6, 2020

Number Games

Figures don't lie, but liars do figure. -- Mark Twain

   The president claims that for 99 percent of those who contract the corona virus, the results are "totally harmless." Assuming that's true, then for the remaining one percent, the results are not harmless, and people die.
   Therefore, of the 3 million Americans who have contracted the virus, then according to the president's claim, only 30,000 (one percent of the total) are not harmless and could be potentially serious.
   Reality check: The death toll from the corona virus in America is now 130,000, in just five months.
   That's a lot more than one percent.

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