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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by drpgq on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:40PM (#18472873)
Ridiculously few people die of fatal familial insomnia
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by tonto on Friday November 16, 2018 @08:28PM (#18473335)
That is because FFI is very rare not because it doesn't kill you
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @01:37AM (#18474316)
Yes, and?

When 0% of a group have the deadly variant, that variant is useless for establishing an overall link to early death.

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