The Archivist

4 June

4 June · 22:04 UTC

We need cool heads to prevail. TVs seem to be the greatest risk. Some numbers for America: - you are 35000 times more likely to die of heart disease than from terrorism - you are 34000 times more likely to die of cancer than from terrorism - you are 20,000 times more likely to die of obesity than from terrorism - you are 6000 times more likely to die from medical error than from terrorism - you're 5000 times more likely to die from use of alcohol than from terrorism - you are 2000 times more likely to die of a car crash than from terrorism - you're 2000 times more likely to die from suicide than from terrorism - you're 500 times more likely to die of a sexually transmitted illness than from terrorism - you are 270 times more likely to die from a workplace accident than from terrorism - you are 200 times more likely to starve to death than to die from terrorism - you are 22 times more likely to die of a parasitic infection than from terrorism - you are 9 times more likely to be killed by a law enforcement officer than by a terrorist - you are 4 times more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be killed by a terrorist - you're equally as likely to die from your TV falling on you as you are to be killed by a terrorist.

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