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The Covid-19 pandemic has catapulted one mysterious data website to prominence, sowing confusion in international rankings

1/7/2022, 10:35:19 PM · by ransomnote · 10 replies

cnn.com ^ | May 19, 2020 | Scott McLean, Laura Perez Maestro, Sergio Hernandez, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase

3 posted on 02/07/2022 7:48:27 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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Worldometer - Wikipedia

Worldometer is known to have fast data, not necessarily accurate data, and they get their data wherever they can find it, so they do not have standards of accuracy.

"Edouard Mathieu, the data manager of Our World in Data, stated that "Their main focus seems to be having the latest number [of COVID-19 cases] wherever it comes from, whether it’s reliable or not, whether it’s well-sourced or not."[6]

Virginia Pitzer, a Yale University epidemiologist, said that the site is "legitimate", but flawed, inconsistent, and containing errors.[6]"

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