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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by seizethecheese on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:45PM (#24217719)
Yes, I've contemplated death. Have you?

Here are the chances of dying in a year, for a given age, from actuarial tables:

25 year olds: 0.16% chance of dying

35 year olds: 0.2% chance of dying

45 year olds: 0.3% chance of dying

55 year olds: 0.7% chance of dying

65 year olds: 2% chance of dying

75 year olds: 3.5%

85 year olds: 10%

95 year olds: 26%

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by WD-42 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:28PM (#24218924)
This is abhorrently flawed logic. These mortality rates are a sum of your chances of dying from literally everything that can kill you, including cancer and heart disease. We're talking about a disease right here right now that has similar rates of mortality, that is currently active and being spread in our communities, could have even larger long term mortality rates and yet people are making excuses of why it's ok to possible expose other people so that they can avoid working out in their living room.
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