On: Show HN: Log-Scale Covid-19 Plots

[m0zg]

But relative local impact _is_ the extent. If you live in a village of 100 people and 10 die that's pretty bad. If you live in NYC and 10 die - that's statistical noise that nobody will even notice.

[dragonwriter → m0zg]

> But relative local impact _is_ the extent.

No, absolute scale is the extent, that's pretty much what “extent” means.

Relative local impact is the...well, relative local impact.

Both are important, though which is more important depends on what you are doing with the measure.