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To: Lane3 who wrote (94197)1/7/2005 11:57:20 PM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (2) of 793781
 
related to the distorted fear reaction people have where they're terrified of anthrax but get into a car without batting an eye.

You like to play word games with risk factors.
What you carefully avoid is direct comparison.
Have fun with word gaming that concept....I know you will.

Being exposed to common auto travel may be relatively risk free in comparison to common spaceship travel or the life of a Lieutenant in combat, or Anthrax exposure, or it may not be depending on the drive, the flight, the combat operation, or the exposure method.

Assuming one factor poses less risk than the other without comparative data is the fallacy of your continuing argument. Definitions, terms and relative exposure are important. The relative risk of a leisurely drive definitely pales in comparison to direct inhaled Anthrax exposure.

Relative risk opportunity (this is where we disagree) may be a consideration for the immediate moment. It cannot be ignored long term. 25 years ago AIDS research grants amounted to pennies. 100 years ago the average life expectancy for an American was 48 and nobody had even dreamed of penicillin.

We cannot solve all human problems at least not yet. Yet we are pretty good at devising solutions to the problems in front of our collective faces.

We have devised partial but pretty good solutions for auto accidents, for Anthrax and for the lieutenant. The world has bigger problems than all three together. I have seat belts and impact airbags for wrecks and a bottle of Cipro in the glovebox for Anthrax. An American combat lieutenant has direct fire and indirect fire defensive capabilities that never before existed in combat.
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