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by IG_Semmelweiss 615 days ago
If I fall 1 feet one hundred times, I'll probably be Ok

If I fall 100 feet once, I won't.

1m people dying in 1 day is not the same as 1M people dying over a decade.

Also. People generally dont fear death itself. This is expressed by people in pallitative care. Its the chaos and uncertainty preceding death that is really feared

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If that one million people dying is followed by 3649 days of no one dying from that cause, yes it is.
No, abrupt deaths are much more disruptive to society