On Friday, June 16, 2017 at 8:53:06 AM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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
>
>
> Honestly, you. Did anyone say they were "a statistically significant
> example?" I simply said...none of MY friends did, I can't speak for your
> experiences, nor would I want to take exception to them since that would be
> impossible. On a side note, I'm sure there are a multitude of things in this
> life that I never knew happened...and that you never knew either.
>
> Cheri

Sorry. I consider it meaningless to talk about "In my day,
nobody had allergies and nobody died of it" on such thin
data.

Cindy Hamilton