Road Runner Posted March 2, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2020 Including the Budweiser virus and all the other alcoholic beverage viruses. The CDC estimated that over 88,000 people die each year in the United States from alcohol related causes. That's more than 241 people each day. Yet, no one seems to be frightened or upset about this. Who can we blame? alcohol related deaths 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 2, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 2, 2020 You've got false relativism and strawman there... I dunno, I seem to notice that we've spend $billions every year trying to stop alcohol related deaths. Then there's the whole the vast majority of alcohol related deaths are self inflicted thing. I'm not catching alcoholism because the cook at Burger King coughed on my roll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 3, 2020 Share #3 Posted March 3, 2020 3 hours ago, 12string said: I'm not catching alcoholism because the cook at Burger King coughed on my roll. But you could catch the flu if that happened. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010. 61,000 = 167 per day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 3, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: But you could catch the flu if that happened. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010. 61,000 = 167 per day We still don't know enough to say anything for certain, but it sure looks like this strain of coronavirus isn't as bad as the flu. Note that the common cold is also due to strains of the coronavirus and as this bad coronavirus mutates it may become much weaker. On the other hand, virtually EVERY strain of the flu is serious business. Japan estimates there are many thousands of young Japanese that have caught the coronavirus and the symptoms are so mild it's not slowing them down. So the government is worried they are spreading the coronavirus to older people who have additional medical problems and asking young people to mix as little as possible with other people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 3, 2020 Share #5 Posted March 3, 2020 “Everybody gotta die sometime”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralphie ★ Posted March 3, 2020 Share #7 Posted March 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Randomguy said: “Everybody gotta die sometime”. That is a beck song, ain’t it? It is a nice peaceful song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 3, 2020 Share #8 Posted March 3, 2020 13 hours ago, 12string said: . I'm not catching alcoholism because the cook at Burger King coughed on my roll. But you could get t-boned at an intersection because Bubba worked the night shift, then drank Bud Lights until noon, got in his truck & drove drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 3, 2020 Share #9 Posted March 3, 2020 Population control. Hopefully the world will not end in 12 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 3, 2020 Share #10 Posted March 3, 2020 5 hours ago, 2Far said: But you could get t-boned at an intersection because Bubba worked the night shift, then drank Bud Lights until noon, got in his truck & drove drunk. And we're already spending $billions combatting that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 3, 2020 Share #11 Posted March 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, 12string said: And we're already spending $billions combatting that And how's that working for us? ~+20,000 alcohol related auto fatalities every year. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 3, 2020 Share #12 Posted March 3, 2020 58 minutes ago, 2Far said: And how's that working for us? ~+20,000 alcohol related auto fatalities every year. . . Where did you get the 20k/yr number? Looks like, despite MASSIVE increases in population and miles driven in the past 30+ years, there HAS been an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 3, 2020 Share #13 Posted March 3, 2020 6 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: Hopefully the world will not end in 12 years. It depends on what/who you believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events I'll predict that Jeane Dixon will be incorrect again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 3, 2020 Share #14 Posted March 3, 2020 3 hours ago, 2Far said: And how's that working for us? ~+20,000 alcohol related auto fatalities every year. . . that wasn't the point. I was simply noting that we're NOT ignoring other problems at the expense of the coronavirus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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