On Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 6:22:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:09:14 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
> >"Bruce" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:36:14 -0700, "Cheri" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Yes, and JFTR none of them died of "mysterious illnesses" either.
> >>
> >> Who knows what doctors called it. Maybe not "mysterious illness". That
> >> sounds rather ignorant on the doctor's part. Can't have that.
> >
> >I can tell you for a 100% fact that none of my friends died of anything they
> >ate while young. However, a couple of them did die in auto accidents, and
> >one was hit by a school bus. These days some of them are becoming ill with
> >various maladies, and some have died, but none of us are spring chickens
> >anymore.
>
> I don't know, directly or indirectly, anyone who died of what they ate
> either. Although the uncle of a friend of mine choked to death on a
> fishbone decades ago. To this day, that friend doesn't eat fish with
> bones.

Honestly, you two. Your circle of friends is not a statistically
significant sample. Anecdote does not equal data.

As an example, suppose one of your cohort died of anaphylaxis as a baby.
You might never know it happened. It might never have been properly
diagnosed.

Cindy Hamilton