Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: October 24 Update

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“You guys were one of the outlets who got singled out to balance the ledger”: That’s what a former Facebook employee told Monika Bauerlein and me as we dug into recent news that the platform was throttling traffic to certain publishers, including Mother Jones. It’s enraging for several reasons, and since it happened during our fall fundraising drive and affects our bottom line, we hope the Mother Jones community will stand up for our fearless journalism and send a message with a donation to support it today.

“You guys were one of the outlets who got singled out to balance the ledger”: That’s what a former Facebook employee said as we dug into recent news that the platform was throttling traffic to certain publishers, including Mother Jones. It’s enraging, and since it happened during our fall fundraising drive, we hope the Mother Jones community will stand up for our fearless journalism and send a message with a donation to support it today.

Here’s the coronavirus death toll through October 24. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.

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