"jmcquown" > wrote in message
news
> On 6/16/2017 8:52 AM, 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
>
> Nope, we weren't talking about statistics. Merely life experiences. I
> went to a lot of schools (Dad was a Marine, we moved every year or two
> until he retired). I never encountered a friend or classmate who had a
> peanut allergy. Perhaps Cindy has. But is that statistically relevant?
>
>
> Jill


LOL, not relevant at all.

Cheri