/oss/taxonomy/term/4662/all en /oss/article/covid-19-general-science/cherry-picking-era-covid-19 <p>President Trump recently claimed that the U.S. is doing very well in the battle against COVID-19 because the death rate from the disease is declining. This was said in support of his agenda of “opening up” the country, totally ignoring that new records are being set virtually every day for people testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. What we have here is a typical case of “cherry-picking” of data. It isn’t that Trump’s information is incorrect, it just doesn’t present a complete picture of the situation.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 18:41:10 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8331 at /oss