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> Each year, the Japanese government expects dozens of people to die from eating ill-prepared blowfish My reading of that is, at least 24 Japanese die every ye
by finid 10y ago
> Each year, the Japanese government expects dozens of people to die from eating ill-prepared blowfish
My reading of that is, at least 24 Japanese die every year from eating ill-prepared fugu.
But then comes the following paragraph:
>Chefs undergo rigorous training to receive fugu accreditation and yet, the Japanese government projects that 30 to 50 people will be poisoned each year due to ill-prepared blowfish, and several have died in the past decade.
"Several have died in the past decade" means in 10 years, less than 12-10 have died, which translates to about 1 death every year.
That does not compute with the first quoted paragraph, or did I miss something?
- sparky_z 10y agoThe headline and one line summary at the top were probably written by an editor, not the author. The editor probably skimmed over the piece, saw the line "the Japanese government projects that 30 to 50 people will be poisoned each year", and didn't realize that most poisoning victims recover. Or didn't care.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago"the Japanese government projects that 30 to 50 people will be poisoned each year due to ill-prepared blowfish" comports well with "Each year, the Japanese government expects dozens of people to die from eating ill-prepared blowfish", if you assume that being poisoned means dying. Probably a mental hiccup by the author.
- ci5er 10y agoYou are right. It does not compute. Dozens do not die each year from badly prepared blowfish. It's on TV whenever someone does.