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Posted by ntrainride on Sun Mar 29 05:50:48 2020, in response to Re: we have chosen safety over freedom, posted by The silence on Sun Mar 29 03:18:41 2020. my oldest brother recently died. so did my girlfriend's father.so what? i looked it up; according to the cdc in 2017 this shows how many people died: Heart disease: 647,457 Cancer: 599,108 Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936 Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201 Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383 Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404 Diabetes: 83,564 Influenza and pneumonia: 55,672 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,633 Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173 so, you knowing someone who died is statistically irrelevent...it just happens no matter what we do. but we don't stop an entire nation. |