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To: wideawake

That is hysteria, not data.


13 posted on 08/06/2012 10:06:04 AM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Altariel
Very few people take comfort in the knowledge that there is a 99.99% chance their child will not have the unthinkable happen to them.

And part of that is the very non data-driven notion that, unlike a plane crash or a deadly illness, a parent can drive themselves insane thinking: "If only I had gone with her to get the pizza. If only I had put the talk show on pause, if only I had waited to do the laundry, if only . . . "

24 posted on 08/06/2012 10:24:45 AM PDT by wideawake
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