Originally Posted by senecacaptain

when the numbers increase, some groups discredit the numbers:

false reporting
hospitals "want COVID money"
bad data
a guy driving home from his covid test crashes his car = COVID death logged
guy skydiving with COVID has a chute failure = COVID death
etc.

when the same numbers decrease, they are not questioned. Everybody high-fives each other. "Numbers are credible" etc. "Lets re-open." "This was a big over-reaction" etc.

Confirmation Bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias