What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media

by @ourworldindata

This is why I always tell people to follow the data, not the headlines

Media optimizes for clicks and emotional reactions. Reality optimizes for... reality

The gap between what we THINK kills people and what ACTUALLY kills people explains so much about how we allocate resources, funding, and attention as a society

Heart disease quietly takes out more people than anything on the front page, but it does not generate engagement so it stays invisible