Agreed (which is why I noted that county data could be more valuable than aggregated CDC data, and that nuance has the potential to be lost with every aggregation), and I spent a good 30 minutes after writing this comment asking myself if there is a better term than “primary source,” which I probably used incorrectly above.
That said, it’s fair to note that I didn’t actually answer the question asked, because I don’t know how to determine the reliability of any given number (or any given source providing any given number). How are other people doing this?
Agreed (which is why I noted that county data could be more valuable than aggregated CDC data, and that nuance has the potential to be lost with every aggregation), and I spent a good 30 minutes after writing this comment asking myself if there is a better term than “primary source,” which I probably used incorrectly above.
That said, it’s fair to note that I didn’t actually answer the question asked, because I don’t know how to determine the reliability of any given number (or any given source providing any given number). How are other people doing this?