Post-Corona, Preparing for Normalcy

[DayTimer]

To hurt my feelings.

Something tells me you're more of an IDGAF guy.

But if you feel that I have been a troll, a bully, the worst part of the forum, and that your life would be all better without me in it, and if you don't have balls enough to block me, then all you have to do is ask, and I will block you.

But here again, something tells me that if you found me all that you'd have the balls to block me yourself because you are a true IDGAF dude.

Now, please, stop hurting my feelings by disagreeing with me about politics

 

[goillini52]

No, but you are subjected to the additives and shenanigans the corporations do with our food, and you will be sharing health insurance costs for people that sit around eating junk food.

Whether you agree with this line of thinking or not, I was just answering his question.

San Francisco 49ers losing Super Bowl helped saved lives: report

 

[somarco]

@DayTimer I actually like you even though your politics suck.

I do block people.

Only the ones that annoy me with stupid posts. Most of yours border on brilliant.

Take that for what it's worth from a guy that DGAF.

 

[goillini52]

But if you feel that I have been a troll, a bully, the worst part of the forum, and that your life would be all better without me

You forgot denigrator.

 

[DayTimer]

You forgot denigrator.

I didn't recall that one. Maybe it was tossed my way post-block?

 

[DayTimer]

@DayTimer I actually like you even though your politics suck.

Well, we certainly have that alike, because your's suck too!

I appreciate your posts as well, and have more than once become a better agent for having read your posts.

 

[goillini52]

I didn't recall that one. Maybe it was tossed my way post-block?

Ramiz called us that before he blocked us. He's a blockhead too.

 

[DayTimer]

Ramiz called us that before he blocked us. He's a blockhead too.

He blocked us? That's great, because I blocked him too!

That is how it should be. Now he and I can peacefully co-exist. I don't see his posts, he doesn't see mine.

I have to say, of all the people on my block list, he's the only one I can respect in all this, because he had the good sense to block me too. Good for him! I wish they'd all have the same self-confidence and good sense as he does.

 

[vic120]

Here, in descending order, are the top 10 causes of death in the United States:

10. Suicide
2018 incidence: 48,344
Rate: 14.2 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 1.7%
The number of Americans who died by suicide accounted for 1.7% of the 2.8 million registered deaths. Encouragingly, the incidence of suicide did not increase from 2017. But, its rate increased by 1.4%, up from 14.0 per 100,000 in 2017 to 14.2 in 2018.

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9. Kidney disease
2018 incidence: 51,386
Rate: 12.9 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total death: 1.8%
Like suicide, the number of deaths from kidney disease did not change significantly from 2017, with a slight decrease in risk from 13.0 per 100,000 in 2017 to 12.9 in 2018.

8. Influenza and pneumonia
2018 incidence: 59,120
Rate: 14.9 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 2.1%
Unfortunately, deaths from influenza and pneumonia increased in 2018 and accounted for 3,450 more deaths compared with 2017. The death rate also increased 4.2%—from 14.3 per 100,000 in 2017 to 14.9 in 2018.

7. Diabetes
2018 incidence: 84,946
Rate: 21.4 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 3%
No significant changes occurred between 2017 and 2018 in the number of deaths from diabetes. Considering the rate of overweight and obesity in America, no news is good news in this respect.

6. Alzheimer disease
2018 incidence: 122,019
Rate: 30.5 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 4.3%
The death rate from Alzheimer disease decreased in 2018, down from 31.0 per 100,000 in 2017. But, the CDC has estimated that by 2060, nearly 3.3% of the entire US population—that's 14 million people—will have Alzheimer disease or a related dementia.

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5. Cerebrovascular diseases
2018 incidence: 147,810
Rate: 37.1 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 5.2%
Cerebrovascular diseases are comprised of stroke, carotid stenosis, vertebral and intracranial stenosis, aneurysm, and vascular malformation. The good news is that the rate of death from these diseases decreased from 37.6 per 100,000 in 2017 to 37.1 in 2018.

4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
2018 incidence: 159,486
Rate: 39.7 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 5.6%
Deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases—including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, occupational lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension—were down slightly, from 5.7% in 2017 to 5.6% in 2019. There was also a decline in death rate, from 40.9 per 100,000 in 2017 to 39.7 in 2018.

3. Accidents/unintentional injuries
2018 incidence: 167,127
Rate: 48.0 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 5.9%
The number of deaths from unintentional injuries include those from car accidents, falls, and—importantly—drug overdoses. The death rate fell by 2.8%—from 49.4 per 100,000 in 2017 to 48.0 in 2018. This was due, in large part, to reductions in the number of deaths from drug overdoses.

2. Cancer
2018 incidence: 599,274
Rate: 149.1 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 21.1%
Although the death rate from cancer among Americans fell from 152.5 per 100,000 in 2017 to 149.1 in 2018, cancer is still the #2 killer in the United States; it's responsible for 21.1% of all deaths.

1. Heart disease
2018 incidence: 655,381
Rate: 163.6 per 100,000 US standard population
Percentage of total deaths: 23.1%
Heart disease—most commonly caused by coronary artery and valvular diseases—is the #1 killer in the United States. It accounted for almost one-fourth of all registered deaths. The death rate from heart disease, however, fell by 0.8%, from 165.0 per 100,000 in 2017 to 163.6 in 2018.

These 2018 changes—albeit slight—are good news for Americans. Life expectancy has increased, and the age-adjusted death rate has decreased. Importantly, the number of deaths from accidental overdoses has also declined. Let's hope the trend continued for Americans in 2019 and beyond.

I thought of your numbers when I watched this

 

[Life Hawk]

I thought of your numbers when I watched this

Makes you wonder dosen't it?