On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 05:52:48 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>> 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?"

"Scientific Cindy"

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