Everyone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's why
Everyone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's why
COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases are all on the rise or at a high level in California and elsewhere.
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"Everyone"
about 23% of people participating in a weekly text-message-based survey reported having a cough or shortness of breath for the week that ended Dec. 10
Do editors even exist anymore?
Yes, they are the ones writing the headlines. 99% of what gets published online as news is titled by someone who isn't the author. The goal of the editor is to sell the piece to the reader, not to speak truth or accuracy.
“Everyone seems to be”
It’s a figure of speech. It doesn’t actually mean everyone. It just means “a lot,” and a quarter of people surveyed is kind of a lot.
Can't miss an opportunity to Well Acktchually. 23% really is a huge amount
23% in that week in particular, let alone the X% in the week before and after
I hate this figure of speech crap. It's not a figure of speech, it's lazy and wrong.
Do you also get annoyed when something not actually cold is called cool? Or if someone doesn't actually get to a task "in a minute"?
If literally everyone in CA was actually sick, that would have a bigger impact than late-2020 COVID. I'd prefer if language wasn't catered to the type of person who doesn't recognize the post title is an exaggeration to convey seriousness.
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Wait, they crapped speech in the figure of what?