@DrorBedrack@mastodon.social @infobeautiful@vis.social @ourworldindata@vis.social my thoughts exactly. The news reports on things that are, well, newsworthy. It's worth noting that, according to the chart, COVID deaths were 2% of the deaths, but 5% of the reporting. It's almost like there was something worth reporting on at the time! News media sucks in lots of ways, but "death-related reporting doesn't accurately reflect causes of deaths" is not one of them.