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That was a long drawn out way of coming to a conclusion using theories in which you hope to hide the fact that you completely missed the basic point . My initial point which you took liberties with stated that the headline is wrong. That was the main thrust as you well know. It was titled Covid cases rise by 10000 per day. The article itself was not really the main event here, just the headline. Anyway , you must try harder.
I think you are so suspicious that I'm trying to score points, and so fixed in your view, that you're not taking time to think this through properly. I tried a detailed (not 'drawn out') explanation - not to hide anything but to be totally transparent... and short posts weren't cutting through. You are wrong - it really is as simple as that. And yes... I did get that the headline was the main issue... and if you look, I did clearly explain - the headline is perfectly fair. Indeed if anything, it could have used a bigger number!
I know exactly the mistake you're making, although I'm not sure why. You are mistakenly interpreting it as though it says that "cases are rising by 10,000
per day per day" (which is a wrong interpretation... and anyway would not be at all intuitive to readers). This means that you mistakenly think that the headline should say "rising by 1,500 a day". But as I explained.., any mention of the number 1500 would be totally incorrect unless you talk in terms of growth-rates /
acceleration in the number of cases... not a "rise" in the number of cases as was the case in this headline.
One thing I'll say is that the headline would have been more detailed - drawn out
- if it said
"Coronavirus: The Daily Rate of cases in England 'rises by 10,000 a day' in the space of a week - ONS" - but that's quite a different flavour and headlines need to be concise. I think you're blinkered to see an agenda of exaggeration by the headline writer. Especially when you think that it was written on the day that Coronavirus cases in England rose by 27,000 !!!
I've been totally polite to you, today at least!!. I have taken no liberties. You just keep telling me that black is white - and that I am being highly rude and disingenuous for calling it black!