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10 Reasons to Doubt the Covid-19 Data
The pandemic’s true toll might never be known.
Getting counted?
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If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the daily data on the coronavirus pandemic, seeking glimmers of hope in the trajectories: the infected, the hospitalized, the intubated, the dead.
If only there were more understanding to be had. The more I look at the numbers, the more I see their flaws. Here are my top 10.