[Bounced2X]

7-day statewide average indiana.....35 cases

This is why you see percentages touted. They look scarier. The # 35 was only mentioned 1 time in the article. %, 6 times.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

---- "7-day statewide average indiana.....35 cases. This is why you see percentages touted. They look scarier. The # 35 was only mentioned 1 time in the article. %, 6 times."

Excellent observation. Kudos.

Note from the CDC's own page the "Metric: % of deaths due to COVID-19" verbiage. Percentages, massaged nicely, are the new messaging.

Taking the CDC numbers at "face value," without additional discussion and critique about taxonomy, data collection and more one finds as of this moment:

Total deaths 1,139,457
"Metric: % of deaths due to COVID-19" https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_percent-covid-deaths

Population of US: 339,996,563
Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/

( Total deaths 1,139,457 / Population 339,996,563 ) x 100 = 0.335 percent mortality rate over 3 1/2 years. About one-tenth of one percent per year.

This alone has explanatory power as to why news articles are appearing with "percentages touted. They look scarier."

[T-Bird45]

“The # 35 was only mentioned 1 time in the article. %, 6 times.”

Liars getting busy figuring again to drive the lockdown narrative.

[dfwgator]

COVID cases go from 1 to 2.

Headline: “COVID Cases Double!”

[Sacajaweau]

Yup...exactly... why I posted the 35 number...and it’s for the entire state...6.8 million people.