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Not to mention there's usually hidden patterns we just haven't uncovered. Some gene or household chemical or simple behavior that skews the odds. Thus at a popu
by ip26 8y ago
Not to mention there's usually hidden patterns we just haven't uncovered. Some gene or household chemical or simple behavior that skews the odds. Thus at a population level the aggregate risk might be 1 in 73 million, but for this individual it's 1 in a billion and for that one it's 1 in 10 thousand. We just don't know it, because we don't know all the risk factors.
It's like insurance. You might be a really safe cautious driver, and your friend a nutcase. But your insurance doesn't really know who is a nutjob predisposed to accidents ahead of time.
- rhino369 8y agoExactly, SIDS isn't purely random. There are variables nobody knew about (and many we still don't know about). Babies were suffocating on blankets, mattress padding, dolls, etc. There was probably something dangerous about the baby's crib that was undetectable.