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Re:Ask HN: Have you stopped reading most news? by tomjakubowski on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @03:21AM (#33418038)
The average American is much more likely to die from Covid than from murder (and, in the recent past, Covid was the far more likely fate), so this doesn't seem crazy on its face.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you stopped reading most news? by cudgy on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @08:24AM (#33420216)
What is an average American?
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Re:Ask HN: Have you stopped reading most news? by socialismisok on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:53AM (#33422018)
The number of deaths divided by the number of Americans. The phrase "average American" is shorthand for "statistically across all Americans".
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Re:Ask HN: Have you stopped reading most news? by leereeves on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:07PM (#33423157)
Sure, but the relevant statistic is Covid death rate, not vaccination rate. And by death rate, Texas is actually #21 (#1 being best) among states and surprisingly safer than New York:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covi...

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