Exponential growth and logarithmic graphs

This is a good explanation of how to spot bullshit graphs in all the horrible news stories you're reading, and how to interpret them properly.

Minute Physics:

It's particularly egregious that so many news reports are comparing number of reported cases in countries whose populations differ by an order of magnitude.

Interactive graph is here.

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