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Old 24th September 2020, 20:09   #66
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It is about risk vs. benefit.

Should we ban alcohol, cigarettes and motor vehicles tomorrow, because of the deaths they cause every single year? Knives? Electricity?!

You have to balance what you think is reasonable. I think, for example, those elderly people being scared to death in their homes is awful. They will die of boredom and loneliness. If I were that old, surely going to the bingo and accepting the risk is a life worth having?

For another perspective on the numbers, this is interesting
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8UvFhIFzaac
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