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Articles tagged Statistics

Vatican resumes publishing papal attendance figures suspended by Pope Francis

The Prefecture of the Papal Household has restored a long-standing practice halted in 2017, releasing figures that document sustained declines in papal event participation.

Gaetano Masciullo

• Jan 5, 2026

Earth’s population will begin to shrink in a few decades. That’s bad news for everyone

Unless something changes, many countries will face circumstances that, until now, have only ever been observed during catastrophic plagues or savage wars.

• Sep 5, 2025Sep 4, 2025

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Over 40% of people euthanized in Ontario lived in poorest parts of the province: government data

Statistics from the Ontario Coroner’s Medical Assistance in Dying Death Review Committee show that citizens living in the poorest areas of the province are significantly overrepresented in euthanasia death figures.

Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Nov 19, 2024Dec 2, 2024

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Is COVID-19 not as dangerous as public health officials have been claiming?

One must wonder if any of the official coronavirus statistics can even be trusted at all.

Robert L. Kinney III, Pharm.D.

• Aug 27, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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Hospitals have incentive to inflate COVID-deaths, CDC chief admits

“I think you’re correct ... the hospital would prefer the [classification] for HIV because there’s greater reimbursement.'

Calvin Freiburger

• Aug 5, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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Trump redirects coronavirus data away from CDC amid questions over inflated numbers

All reports will now go to the Department of Health & Human Services in an attempt to improve accuracy.

Calvin Freiburger

• Jul 16, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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Trump suggests New York inflating its COVID-19 death numbers

Trump is not the first to question the jump in New York’s reported fatalities.

Calvin Freiburger

• Apr 16, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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US intelligence report claims China concealed number of COVID-19 cases

'China’s public reporting on cases and deaths is intentionally incomplete.'

• Apr 1, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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Why coronavirus stats can be misleading, resulting in overblown projections

There’s mounting evidence that the virus can be mitigated, treated, if not absolutely controlled

• Mar 24, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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‘Good news for pro-lifers’: US abortion rate continues downward trend, CDC report claims

A higher number of unintended pregnancies being carried to term means pro-life efforts have been effective, a researcher says.

Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Nov 28, 2019Jun 18, 2021