Knowing the ‘drill’ and accepting it are what prompted this discussion.
It is not established that the 2 deaths were a result of forced shoveling - but many people who are compelled to comply with ‘the drill’ might very well be putting their lives in danger. Men and women, young and old, neighbors and volunteers. Using snow blowing equipment also has risks, as well as using shovels.
Cold weather in general puts most people at much higher risk. That’s one of the reasons to move south for retirement, or least to a condo. Believe it or not, a lot of people would rather die of a heart attack shoveling snow at their own home rather than among strangers at a ‘retirement home’.
In the old days, kids would go door to door offering to shovel to pick up spending money, or the parents would order them to shovel older neighbors’ sidewalks and driveways.