Coronavirus numbers don’t always give an accurate picture of how the pandemic is being handled.
The Big Story
Tue. Jul 21, 2020
Viewed in isolation or presented without context, coronavirus numbers don’t always give an accurate picture of how the pandemic is being handled. Here, ProPublica journalists Caroline Chen and Ash Ngu offer insight on how to navigate the figures.
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