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PBC_Democrat

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5. Someone should introduce the doctor to Google

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 04:09 PM

Apr 2020

The Centers for Disease Control report that here in the United States, on average, 3,536 people died from drowning annually from 2005 to 2014, which equates to 10 deaths each day. Then there are the thousands of others who suffer swimming pool-related injuries each year.

Being off by a couple of hundred I can understand ... maybe even adding a extra zero.

But being off by almost 357,000 .... no excuse.

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Honestly, it takes an IDIOT to think 360,000 Americans die each year in swimming pools [View all] Goodheart Apr 2020 OP

idiots like other idiots Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #1

Fox had those two idiots on because they knew beforehand that each would downplay this crisis Goodheart Apr 2020 #4

Only if those pools are Philled Blue Owl Apr 2020 #2

How big is that pool? eom guillaumeb Apr 2020 #3

Someone should introduce the doctor to Google PBC_Democrat Apr 2020 #5

Gunlovers always make arguments like that, and they don't care about the facts dawg day Apr 2020 #6

That's 986/day. How many died today from COVID-19? Grins Apr 2020 #7

I can let that go as misspeaking... worse was not distinguishing pool deaths from contagious disease thesquanderer Apr 2020 #8

In Most Cases, I'd Agree With You ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #9

I had thought it was misplaced decimals, but it looks like it was something else... thesquanderer Apr 2020 #10