Innerworld@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoU.S. hantavirus cases rose from 13 in 2022 to 38 in 2025, a 192% increase and a 6-year high, driven largely by western statesdataexplained.comimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up113arrow-down1imageU.S. hantavirus cases rose from 13 in 2022 to 38 in 2025, a 192% increase and a 6-year high, driven largely by western statesdataexplained.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSalamander@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·28 days agoWhat is the justification for selecting the range 2022 - 2025? I suspect that this is cherry picking. One of the data sources they reference is: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/data-research/cases/index.html, this site has data up to 2023 (I could not find 2024 - 2025). Here is the plot of the total hantavirus cases in the US vs year: The number of cases vs year is rather noisy, and 2022 was a particularly low year. Saying that there is a ‘192% increase’ might be technically true but misleading.
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·28 days agoNot in the least since it’s not the Andes variant that’s in the news. This is just clickbait.
What is the justification for selecting the range 2022 - 2025? I suspect that this is cherry picking.
One of the data sources they reference is: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/data-research/cases/index.html, this site has data up to 2023 (I could not find 2024 - 2025). Here is the plot of the total hantavirus cases in the US vs year:
The number of cases vs year is rather noisy, and 2022 was a particularly low year. Saying that there is a ‘192% increase’ might be technically true but misleading.
Not in the least since it’s not the Andes variant that’s in the news.
This is just clickbait.