This reminds me of the analogy of the smoking grandpa. I had a grandpa that was chainsmoking his whole life and managed to reach 90 and died of other causes. This does not mean smoking is "relatively safe".
This analogy is absolutely absurd and inappropriate on multiple levels. It reflects a parochial mindset that can't fathom contexts where dynamic type systems can be advantageous, such as a breadth of data processing applications. My favorite irony is how dynamic languages excel at concise translation between opposing type systems -- a very common data processing scenario.