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by anonAndOn 1804 days ago
>You're 10X more likely to be killed by lightning in the US than you are to die due to lack of insulin.

But 100,000x[0] more likely to lose a foot due to lack of insulin than by getting it cooked off by a lightning strike.

[0]Estimated. Not sure if they even track loss of limbs by lightning strikes since it's such a rare occurrence but the diabetic, poor and footless can be found in just about any major city.