On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:33:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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.

True, but anecdotal is all I have to offer.

>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.

That would definitely have been possible, but I don't personally know
of any deceased babies in the past 75 years. That's again only
anecdotal, of course.