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Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary by squarefoot on Friday April 10, 2020 @03:46PM (#22836670)
There's also a 12 years old girl dead in Belgium.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/12-year-old-belgian-girl-becom...

The article also contains accounts of two more youngsters dead, at 14 and 16.

This thing can kill anyone.

Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary by elephantscan on Friday April 10, 2020 @05:41PM (#22837625)
Sure, it can. But its very unlikely.

0.2% chance of death for 30 year olds is roughly the same as a 30 year old's chance of dying in any given year.

Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary by kian on Friday April 10, 2020 @06:38PM (#22838067)
Which means doubling your chance of death in a year. Can you think of any activity you would willingly engage in that doubles your risk of death in a year? Most people won't even stand outside unprotected in a lightning storm - and this is much worse.
Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary by perl4ever on Friday April 10, 2020 @10:18PM (#22839196)
A quick Google suggests that if your risk is representative, a 0.2% additional risk of death equates to going skydiving around 3-400 times in a year.

Or, based on overall fatalities from motorcycles per mile, it would equate to about 8,000 miles per year.

Or, based on light aircraft fatalities per hour, it would be around 200 flight hours in a year.

Of course, you could argue that the casualties from both activities are skewed upwards by people who do stupid things early and don't live long enough to engage in the activity a lot.

Anyway, I'm not particularly agreeing or disagreeing. The risks above are considered reasonable by a lot of people and unreasonable by others.