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by ngcc_hk 2187 days ago
Need both raw and averages. But not ease for reporter. Stat telling “lies” and the truth at the same time. And said you have to dig in. Like % of test positive per test, death and hospitalised vs recovery. The fundamental is you want to use a number to say it all, but one number cannot tell the truth in many situation. One might not work, even simple like average vs median and mode. And a random bell shaped curve need two parameters.

Multiple angles are hard.