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throwawayffffas on June 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: America is giving up on the pandemic?

Comparing pears to pears:

Number of adults with diagnosed heart disease: 30.3 million [1]

People in the United States infected with corona virus: 1.9 million [2]

[1] https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/NHIS/SHS/2018...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-c...

orange8 on June 8, 2020 | [–]

Yes. Corona has a higher mortality rate than heart disease.

Those are just the kind of meaningful insights you get when you compare pears to pears, apples to apples or oranges to oranges.

therealdrag0 on June 8, 2020 | [–]

What's the pear count for number of police arrests/interactions a year?

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