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> * Anybody 45 and under randomly dying these days is most likely from exposure to fentanyl.* This might be applicable in some places (particularly in the USA)
by qubex 5y ago
> * Anybody 45 and under randomly dying these days is most likely from exposure to fentanyl.*
This might be applicable in some places (particularly in the USA) where the opioid crisis is in full swing, but it’s a very rare event outside those locations.
- vmception 5y agoSure, for anybody else that didn't connect that this was a US death in a US city and my corroborating source was from a US news publication citing a US government agency with US data that specifically counted US deaths, you can rest easy now. In all seriousness, it is interesting to think about the idea that the supply chain pollution is primarily affecting US, sounds like we can still go wild in Europe.
- jason0597 5y agoI think some room for interpretation exists. This is Deutsche Bank after all, a German bank. For all I knew it could have been an Austrian whistleblower
- vmception 5y agothere’s an article above the comment section
- wallaBBB 5y agoSupply chain pollution is affection everyone, but fentanyl is really not a thing outside of US, which is what the top comment was warning about.
- atdrummond 5y agoThis isn’t true. Canada has a far larger fentanyl problem (as a proportion of the drugs used, not in gross consumption) - particularly in BC.
- vmception 5y agoYeah Vancouver authority is just giving out free drugs now because the government supply is clean. A solution. Maybe we should say North America has the problem? Not sure
- tpm 5y agoDon't go wild on opiates anywhere, it's one of the harder manageable addictions.
- toomanydoubts 5y agoYeah, but you have to concede that "anybody" means anybody. You can't go around changing the meaning of words and expecting people to just grok it and then act all smug when people don't. That affirmation about the fentanyl will sound weird for the major part of "anybodies" around the world.
- vmception 5y agoAlright, sure its a valid perspective
- zeven7 5y ago"anybody" doesn't always mean "anybody". There's often context.
- zaroth 5y agoIn fact “anybody” virtually never means “everybody” and it’s almost always a cheap shot to shut down a comment or a statement with a pithy counter-point to “disprove” anybody. Basically you can’t safely use the word in the vernacular and expect to have a productive discussion, which is unfortunate. Because we all know what was meant.
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- brailsafe 5y agoWouldn't randomly dying under the age of 45 be a rare event anyway?
- mbg721 5y agoI would think car accidents would be the leading cause, unless they don't count as random.