From c8f8240f3b287de77b01f23e185d05d501a6549b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wes Johnson Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 08:10:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] site: add detail on scope of daily numbers --- site/docs/casualties-daily.mdx | 6 ++++++ site/src/components/HomeDailyChart/HomeDailyChart.tsx | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/docs/casualties-daily.mdx b/site/docs/casualties-daily.mdx index 2b2bc6b1..e40f1308 100644 --- a/site/docs/casualties-daily.mdx +++ b/site/docs/casualties-daily.mdx @@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ There are four source values for daily casualty reports we use to build the time - `gmotel` - [Gaza's Government Media Office Telegram channel](https://t.me/s/mediagovps) - `missing` - No official report was available for the given date (some reasons below) +The primary source is the Ministry of Health. The numbers they report only include those they can connect directly to an act of war. For example: + +> [The] Ministry of Health has a policy of recording only direct casualties of war, such as those caused by missile strikes or war-related injuries. There are other deaths indirectly caused by the war, but we do not add them to the list of martyrs. For example, children who die due to malnutrition, lack of care, or because their mothers gave birth under difficult conditions and carried them in poor health, resulting in the birth of an underdeveloped infant who dies after a few days or lacked proper feeding, these cases are documented but not recorded as martyrs. + +For more detail on how the ministry gathers their numbers, [read this Dropsite interview with Dr. Zaher al-Wahaidi](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/how-gaza-health-ministry-counts-dead) from which the above excerpt is taken. + Our methodology is to prioritize official sources for this dataset in order to best align the reporting time periods (`mohtel` falling back to `gmotel`). When communications were cut to Gaza, `gmotel` would provide reporting but in some cases neither would. Reports were also stopped during the humanitarian pause. ## Extrapolated (`ext_` fields) diff --git a/site/src/components/HomeDailyChart/HomeDailyChart.tsx b/site/src/components/HomeDailyChart/HomeDailyChart.tsx index e105b53f..78442679 100644 --- a/site/src/components/HomeDailyChart/HomeDailyChart.tsx +++ b/site/src/components/HomeDailyChart/HomeDailyChart.tsx @@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ export const HomeDailyChart = () => {

Use the slider above to see the human impact over time.

- These counts do not account for those still lost in the rubble of - destroyed buildings: estimated to be more than ten thousand. + These counts are part of a wider picture of suffering, and do not + include the many who succumb to disease, famine, and the knock-on + effects of mass destruction.{" "} + More info