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It is an interesting statistic for the whole of society, but most individuals want to know the direct health impact of alcohol separate from the all-cause impac
by jacknews 8y ago
It is an interesting statistic for the whole of society, but most individuals want to know the direct health impact of alcohol separate from the all-cause impact.
The headline is misleading - it should say 'there is no safe level of alcohol for the good of society' or something similar.
And it is even wrong - if it was possible to limit how much anyone could consume in a day, many of the 'behavioral' risks would go away, and we'd be left with the health risks only.
- DanBC 8y agoWell, sure, but this is true even of the more direct health risks. Alcohol increases risks of many different types of cancer. We want to reduce the rates of cancer across a population, so we ask people to drink less. But what's my particular risk of cancer from alcohol? We have no way of saying. And even if alcohol doubles my risk, if the risk was small to begin with does it matter that it's doubled?