‘Cases Are Up 16,700%’In the tweet, it said that “cases are up 16,700% in the past 4 months” in the state of Vermont. Four months earlier, on July 9, the Times’ data showed that the seven-day average was five cases in the state. This represented a rise over those months of 6,200%, not 16,700%. The figure 16,700% is far more dramatic than reporting a rise in the seven-day average case count, over the course of four months, from five cases to 315. However, this data was used in an attempt to prop up a false claim that the 7-day case average was up 16,700% over the previous four months.

Source: New York Times November 11, 2021 22:24 UTC