1/1000 = 0.001 (which is 0.1%, because 1% = 0.01; like 1¢ out of $1.00).
An easy [yet embarrassing] mistake to make, even for a “math major”.
Let this serve as a warning to you would-be mouthpieces: reread your statements before you go putting your foot in your mouth.
Also the idea that is takes and math major to convert a fraction to a percentage…
Exactly. You don’t need to be a mathematician, you just need to think rationally.
Was Biden simultaneously vice president for his own presidency?
He was a former vice president at the time, still is, though being a president is more notable.
The date on the article appears to be 9/29/2020, so Biden was not elected president yet. But even if the article came Out on 11/29/2020, Biden still wouldn’t be president; he’d be President-elect. A presidents term does not actually start (or end) until Jan 20 of the following year, after the president is sworn in. To add more dates to the confusion, the Jan 6 date was when congress was meant to certify (make official) the votes from the November election; yup, despite what CNN and all of the other news organizations say on Election Day, the votes aren’t actually certified until much later.
Welcome to America, land of the confusing!
About 1 in every 265 Americans has died of covid. Covid continues to account for about 1% of all deaths in the US.
Took me a moment but it says “election 2020” so that’s why the number is so low. Oh, and also it was before Biden’s presidency and he was vice president under Obama
