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51 minutes ago, pipedreams said:

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Nope.
Sharks killed 2 people in 2019.  That's out of the number who actually went to the beach, but it's still less than the 37 that COVID 19 has killed so far this year.  (this one is very easy to avoid as it's pretty obvious when you are in an area that might contain sharks, as there tends to be a lot of salt water around and you have to actually go into it, COVID is a little harder to spot where it might be lurking)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/21/shark-attacks-were-down-again-2019-only-2-deaths-worldwide/4502604002/

 

Coconut deaths statistic received an "ig nobel prize" for research that "cannot or should not be replicated" as the figure of "150 people die each year" was taken from an actual number of 2 people who died, and badly extrapolated.  In fact, there are no actual reported deaths from coconuts most years, but there are some injuries and head fractures.   Definitely fewer deaths than COVID 19.

https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2405/are-150-people-killed-each-year-by-falling-coconuts/

 

National Weather Service stats for lightning deaths, last year they listed was 2018, and there were 21 deaths.   Once again, fewer than COVID 19.

https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-fatalities18

 

As for the last one, I'm not sure what the count is, but when you average it over time the odds of getting killed for that particular reason are extremely low, usually no more than a handful each year, and people who don't suffer from KTMAC (Knowing Too Much About the Clintons) have an almost non existent chance of dying from it.   Due to this, the actual likelihood of dying from reason #4 is still lower than COVID 19

 

(it's noon, I just woke up, so I'm taking it out on you guys :p )

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On Thursday, Disneyland announced that as a precaution, it would temporarily close "The Happiest Place on Earth" because of fear of spreading the coronavirus, COVID-19.

There were no cases reported at the park:

That meant that the food the huge theme park uses every day, in its dozens and dozens of food carts, restaurants, and carts serving those iconic turkey legs, would either go bad or need to be stored until the theme park reopened.

Instead, Disneyland has donated all of the food it would have sold to Orange County, Calif., food banks.

 

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1 hour ago, pipedreams said:

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That's because you let yourself become a drunken lout, Joe. You were sloppy with the facts and thus played right into the hands of the commies. Even though what you said was mostly true, by becoming as bad as our enemies you defeated your purpose. Thanks, lush.

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