From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   D   wrote:   
   >   
   >Corona, by the way, was about as dangerous for my age group as driving a   
   >car. That figure came from the government, so all hysteria was just   
   >nonsense.   
      
   Dunno, I had several friends who died in the initial Corona outbreak,   
   before it evolved to be much less harmful.  That seeems dangerous enough   
   to me.  Granted, I have quite a few more friends who have died in car   
   accidents, though over a longer time period.   
      
   In terms of personal anecdotal experience of death of friends, the most   
   common causes are:   
      
   1. The AIDS epidemic of the eighties   
   2. The War in Vietnam in the seventies   
   3. Cancer (Various kinds)   
   4. Auto Accidents (with and without alcohol)   
      
   with Covid probably around five or possibly six on the list.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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