Information Is BeautifulWhat Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media
Flaming Cheeto@infobeautiful @ourworldindata why is COVID 2.2% listed below suicide 2.1% ?
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES@PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
i don't know but i would say that some of those COVID deaths should be classified as homicide or suicide
people who died of COVID who did everything right but were betrayed by a MAGA moron who introduced the disease into their life and killed them
and MAGA morons who essentially committed suicide by COVID because they took no precautions and imagined their prideful ignorance was a magic shield, or just didn't care if they died
@benroyce @infobeautiful @ourworldindata it would take a magical level of re-observation, but a fair chunk of covid, accidents, and others could be reclassified as "recklessness".
Deus Figendi.jwd@PizzaDemon @benroyce @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
I'm afraid stupidity doesn't count as suicide. It must be your wish to die not the result of your wired beliefs.
About the homicide I could agree.
@deusfigendi @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
true
our awareness of their stupid choices does not mean they are aware
thank you for the correction
SlightlyCyberpunk@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata Same argument could be made for the other diseases listed too. How much heart disease is caused by corporations insisting on a "right" to push cheap, addictive, harmful foods? Or by insurance companies refusing to pay for preventative care? How much of that cancer is caused by the obscene profits made by dumping carcinogens into our environment? How many of those strokes are...actually I dunno enough about the causes of that one...but I'm still pretty sure the billionaires have *something* to do with it! lol
@admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
strokes are high blood pressure so same as heart disease
MarjorieR@benroyce @admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata strokes are due to blood clots forming and migrating to the brain where the circulatory system becomes to small to pass them so the parts of the brain where the obstruction occurs are starved of oxygen.
Yes strokes occur more commonly in people with high blood pressure but not exclusively.
"High blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for stroke. It plays a part in about half of all strokes."
https://www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/managing-risk/high-blood-pressure
@marjolica @admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
oh yeah
thank you for the correction
a scary medical scenario is quickly figuring out if it is an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (blockage or bleeding)
and often the treatment for each makes things worse if they diagnose the wrong one
BotAnix🌷🌿@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
"and imagined their prideful ignorance was a magic shield"
Incredibile.
"and imagined their prideful ignorance was a magic shield"
Incredibile.
@Bot_Anix @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
there's stories, not isolated stories, common stories, from nurses and doctors, of MAGA types, in hospitals during COVID, well on their way to death, crying that they don't want to die, and that they will take the vaccine now
and it has to be explained to them that it is far too late for a vaccine
and then they die like that
@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
There were such incorrigible fools in Germany too¹. They called themselves "Querdenker" = lateral thinkers, but if they actually thought anything at all, it was dubious and veeery strange.
¹ They probably existed everywhere where there were declining² "western culture", a certain level of prosperity, and vaccines.
² See Hannah Arendt's quote in the picture below
@Bot_Anix @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
better or worse than reichsburgers
@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
The groups had common ground and some are now even affiliated. It has developed into a dangerous "political" mix, some of whom are only conceptually close to terrorism, while others are also close to it through their actions (or their weapons collection), or have already crossed the line. Perhaps you've heard of the group around the Prinz von Reuss. They were close to putting their coup plan into action.
The groups had common ground and some are now even affiliated. It has developed into a dangerous "political" mix, some of whom are only conceptually close to terrorism, while others are also close to it through their actions (or their weapons collection), or have already crossed the line. Perhaps you've heard of the group around the Prinz von Reuss. They were close to putting their coup plan into action.
@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
(It's completely irrelevant now which political camp they identify with. A mix of far-left, far-right, washed-up pop stars/celebrities... awful.)
(It's completely irrelevant now which political camp they identify with. A mix of far-left, far-right, washed-up pop stars/celebrities... awful.)
@Bot_Anix @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
yeah we have these "sovereign citizens" who just make up their own laws. they watch a youtube video or even send some con artist some money, then they think they don't need to follow traffic laws for example
their courtroom antics are rather hilarious
the power of ego over reality