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But by not reporting on things people generally know they end up with skewed knowledge of what they think they know. Thinking that you're going to die of an unlikely cause is generally wrong since it's unlikely, yet talking to younger people that are newsies and they are more likely to think they will die of such rare things.


The leading cause of death up to early 40s is still accidents so a fixation on heart disease and cancer might send the wrong message too

https://wisqars.cdc.gov/pdfs/leading-causes-of-death-by-age-...




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