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> Western society in general is a bunch of future cancer and heart disease victims all freaking out that they're going to die in a nuclear meltdown […] Also, C
by throw0101c 3y ago
> Western society in general is a bunch of future cancer and heart disease victims all freaking out that they're going to die in a nuclear meltdown […]
Also, COVID (to round out the top three in many places).
- appointment 3y agoCOVID has killed 7 million people since 2019. Airliner* crashes killed 80 people in 2023. These risks are not of the same class. * admittedly I'm exaggerating slightly by not considering private and military aviation, but I'm too lazy to find that total.
- sidewndr46 3y agoThe difference is you can trivially avoid death by airliner crash. You can't practically reduce your chance of death by COVID unless you simply never go outdoors or have visitors