What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media
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@benroyce
In one specific and very real case that I know personally, killing Grandpa.
Which also led to a spiral in Grandma, and her death a year later. -
What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media
@infobeautiful @ourworldindata
...and guessing there will be very similar charts here in Europe and many other parts of the world. This problem of hyperdistorted coverage is not at all confined to America.
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@benroyce
In one specific and very real case that I know personally, killing Grandpa.
Which also led to a spiral in Grandma, and her death a year later.I also want to pause to observe, once again, how absolutely fucking insane it was that instead of masking up, avoiding crowds, and sticking to a sanitary regime, many of these people rushed out to buy guns instead. Because in their folklore, the biggest danger wasn't a disease, but brown people coming to steal their stash of jerky and bourbon
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@infobeautiful @ourworldindata
How very clever. You are comparing apples to herrings.
If somebody dies from illness in their own or hospital bed, it very seldom is news. Usually no need to be.
If somebody is killed in a terrorism act or murdered, it normally is news. And for a reason.
@Trifolium nope--you are missing the point. @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
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What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media
@infobeautiful @ourworldindata @franceinfo
Peut-on avoir la même analyse en France. Media publique versus Bolloré group. #FranceInfo -
@Trifolium nope--you are missing the point. @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
@SnowyCA @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
Pray tell then what you think is the point.
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@admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
strokes are high blood pressure so same as heart disease
@benroyce @admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata also a high sodium diet is a strong stroke risk, and guess what else they pump into our food?
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@benroyce @admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata also a high sodium diet is a strong stroke risk, and guess what else they pump into our food?
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@infobeautiful @ourworldindata
How very clever. You are comparing apples to herrings.
If somebody dies from illness in their own or hospital bed, it very seldom is news. Usually no need to be.
If somebody is killed in a terrorism act or murdered, it normally is news. And for a reason.
@Trifolium What reason? Sensationalism? Terror and murder go on all over the world, the reporting of it is entirely political. While stroke risk, which is a HUGE problem, and is EASY to fix, gets NOTHING.
Stop talking and start thinking that you might be part of the problem.
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@SnowyCA @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
Pray tell then what you think is the point.
@Trifolium
The point is this:
There was a time when the media gave us facts not sensationalism...I'm old enough to remember those days. -
What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media
@infobeautiful @ourworldindata Suicide goes up with newspaper coverage so Nytimes can be added to the list of causes of death.
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@admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
strokes are high blood pressure so same as heart disease
@benroyce @admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata strokes are due to blood clots forming and migrating to the brain where the circulatory system becomes to small to pass them so the parts of the brain where the obstruction occurs are starved of oxygen.
Yes strokes occur more commonly in people with high blood pressure but not exclusively."High blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for stroke. It plays a part in about half of all strokes."
https://www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/managing-risk/high-blood-pressure
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