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> So I had a higher chance of dying from this disease than winning a raffle at a small concert.

I know this is not the main topic of this article, but I’ll steal this sentence to convey the importance of taking precautions against COVID-19 to people who feel that it’s statistically irrelevant.

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It's not "statistically irrelevent", but the risk is being overblown. There's a lot of availability bias being introduced by the media right now.

Hehe. Just before this started I was named a finalist in a board game design contest where there was enough entries that my chances of being selected as a finalist were just a little bit higher than the likely death rate of me getting Covid-19, with my higher risk factors.

I'm using that as a bit of a self-reminder. If I can win that, then I can "win" (i.e. die) from Covid-19.

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