What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media
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@infobeautiful @ourworldindata y are whites easily affected by heart disease and strokes the last time I took a trip to Africa i saw someone with heart diseases it was called an abomination there
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No reports (or data collection?) for climate change - floods, fires, heat stroke, cold. Watch this space!
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A Fox News column would have a 66% "wokeness" band. 🙄
@infobeautiful @ourworldindata Suicide goes up with newspaper coverage so Nytimes can be added to the list of causes of death.
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Peut-on avoir la même analyse en France. Media publique versus Bolloré group. #FranceInfo
This is why I always tell people to follow the data, not the headlines
Media optimizes for clicks and emotional reactions. Reality optimizes for... reality
The gap between what we THINK kills people and what ACTUALLY kills people explains so much about how we allocate resources, funding, and attention as a society
Heart disease quietly takes out more people than anything on the front page, but it does not generate engagement so it stays invisible
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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.
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How many deaths 2025 are caused by diseases for which vaccines exist?
@infobeautiful diabetes is that low? Damn, that's impressive for the worst food on earth.
Jokes aside they talk that much about homicide but how many times is it to ban guns?
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Better be prepared for MAHA and the anti-vaxxers to warp coverage even further from reality.
@infobeautiful @ourworldindata the media is only reporting, “if it bleeds it leads”.
The data is from 2023, which was during Biden. With the pressure of the #Trump administration in 2025, I imagine the current data to be even more divergent. 🌸
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Of course! And besides the terrorism and homicides the only time the media reports cancer, overdoses, heart disease, etc., is when it happens to a celebrity or other well known person.
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Sensation sells…
