Look at what they did here. After talking about dirty hands, they throw in this nugget: "Worldwide, around 1.9 million people die from diarrhoea every year. In

Look at what they did here. After talking about dirty hands, they throw in this nugget: "Worldwide, around 1.9 million people die from diarrhoea every year. In Britain, an estimated one in five has an episode of diarrhoea each year." You see what he did there? He put together two unrelated sentences in a way that scares you. Let's break down the 1.9 million: From a google search: "Global deaths from diarrhoea of children aged less than five were estimated at 1.87 million" "WHO African and South-East Asia regions combined contain 78% (1.46 million) of all diarrhoea deaths occurring among children in the developing world" "In sanitary living conditions where there is ample food and a supply of clean water, an otherwise healthy patient usually recovers from viral infections in a few days. However, for ill or malnourished individuals diarrhea can lead to severe dehydration and can become life-threatening without treatment" "In many cases of diarrhea, replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed." You see what he did there? He took something common, threw in some death statistics, and made a horror story out of nothing.