"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> 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

Sorry. I said NOBODY I KNEW, so I consider your response not only thin but
completely meaningless for any day, any time.

Cheri