Yeah, the narrative behind the article was clear. And there’s a reason it was published when it was. But it doesn’t make the information wrong.

Runners collapse. It’s not uncommon. Soccer, for example, kills more people than one might think.

That’s why context matters. Sixteen seems high, but it depends on what caused the collapses, how many runners total and what the weather was like and the average experience level of the participants. Once we know those things, we’ll know just how high it was.

Just because I’d wager it was pretty high (it seems like a lot) doesn’t mean we don’t need context.