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Mitch

21:15

@Xanne That is a strange omission, given that it seems to appear on other similar lists in the top ten.

Robusto

@Mitch I also don't see any mention of murder.

Firearms?

Mitch

terrorism with firearms is way down at the bottom

but I suppose regular everyday firearm death... should be a few more than that.

accidental gun death is supposedly much higher than in your face I'm mad at you gun death.

which strangely is not terrifying

M.A.R.

@Mitch I can only make one conclusion from this: Spiders are terrorists

Mitch

@Robusto and one could be skeptical about what the covid death means because of the possibility of double counting (dying of one of the others but exacerbated by having covid (I don't actually know))

comparing with similar listings, it is fairly consistent, so I'm fairly OK with the intended message that dying from covid happens way more than vaccines from covid. They're obviously leaving quote a few distinct categories out in the long tail.

Robusto

> In 2017, the most recent year for which complete data is available, 39,773 people died from gun-related injuries in the U.S.

Seems like that would at least make the list.

Mitch

21:29

my vague memory of that is that ~2/3 are accidental gun deaths (hunting accidents, kids playing with parents guns, etc)

Robusto

The 39,773 number includes all firearm-related deaths.

Mitch

@Robusto but yes, certainly

ATV related accidents? I'm not advocating for either, but the feral hog thing sounds only slightly less horrifying

Robusto