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Re:Over half of Covid hospitalisations tested positive after... by nickthemagicman on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:39AM (#27985100)
The average death is 80 years old with two comorbidies so....the natural cycle of life?
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Re:Over half of Covid hospitalisations tested positive after... by shadowgovt on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:49AM (#27985222)
There's nothing natural about dying from COVID-19, except in the broadest of definitions of "natural" (i.e. the definition that we developed technology to minimize, control, and avoid).
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Re:Over half of Covid hospitalisations tested positive after... by nickthemagicman on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:59PM (#27986061)
I don't know how you define Natural.
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Re:Over half of Covid hospitalisations tested positive after... by shadowgovt on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:36PM (#27986617)
It's a good question and definitions vary. My working, broadest definition is "That which exists / that which occurs if humans do not use their intellect and ability to cause something else to exist / happen."

Starvation is natural. Death by predator is natural. Death due to exposure is natural. Death due to disease is natural. Tornadoes are natural. A biosphere-disrupting asteroid impact is natural. There are other things that are natural that are positives too, but it's good, I think, to keep in mind that "natural" doesn't always imply "good."

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