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Because smoking has been in the headlines, but it's not news anymore that it's killing so many. The editor of that newspaper would get fired for making that a h
by rubidium 7y ago
Because smoking has been in the headlines, but it's not news anymore that it's killing so many. The editor of that newspaper would get fired for making that a headline everyday.
It is news that there's a new flu-like virus emerging, spreading, and having a relatively high rate of mortality.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoPeople also discount things that will probably kill them decades from now in a horrible way if they don't change their behavior instead of things that will maybe kill them weeks from now in a horrible way if they're unlucky.