Imma be real with you, when I look it up everything is the same as I've been seeing it for months, they just added a moving average which tbh they've needed for ages.
There's like a whirlwind of difference in how the administrations are handling the pandemic, though. This post just kind of feels like Trump apologia.
It just feels like you're projecting. "Trump threatened to break up Google so they 4D chess skewed Covid stats against him and now are now trying to make Biden look like a champion!" Occam's Razor would suggest new admin, new guidelines (and also the administration actually giving a fuck). But even then, I would maybe give this theory more weight if these graphical changes took place across ALL platforms.
I don't know what to tell you, I think you're just reading too deep into this.
Push the graph that looks bad to pressure Trump, who threatened them pretty regularly with breaking up
Your words.
Because it's Google that made Trump's handling of the pandemic look bad and not, like, Trump and the GOP pushing covid, mask, and vaccine skepticism.
This post just kind of feels like Trump apologia.
does it really? lmao
I'm not quite following the implication here. "New cases" have begun trending down since last week.
Eh, I guess I've found Total Cases to be the least useful indicator of trends, and I don't think having people reacquaint themselves with a new y-axis label is some grand conspiracy. Every other headline is about lack of ICU capacity being at fever pitch.
I guess the timing could be as a result of new admin and protocols too. I just look at China's cumulative graph and it's just a flat line for the last 11 months. If you're trying to contact trace or work with relevant information, Total Cases gives you nothing pertinent. I see where you're coming from, though. They should still have the option to look for Total Cases.
Short-term, yeah, I can see how it feels deceptive. But people seeing a different regional graph than they're used to and being challenged to read label axes is probably better for the long-term.
But if there's a grand conspiracy to whitewash Covid because Biden has assumed the presidency, I think we'll have a better handle on testing that with headlines. Although, to his credit, Biden's administration at least has a vaccine rollout plan, so also consider that as we see the numbers change over the coming months.
I guess I don't understand the implication. Is it that Google wants to feed into the impression that Biden is the pandemic savior and hustle "the economy" back on track?