Ebola is a great news story, nothing sells news/papers like fear. Deaths from Ebola: Under 5000 since *****1976****.
-Annual flu epidemics “result in about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths” worldwide.
-2.5 Million Alcohol-Related Deaths Worldwide annually
-Road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.24 million deaths (2010)
-25,000 people a day die to hunger
-3.4 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.
-50,000 deaths by snakebite per year in India
-Every year, over 2,000 deaths are caused by crocodiles.
-Elephants are responsible for around 600 deaths every year
-Mosquitoes carry the parasites that cause malaria which is responsible for the deaths of two million people every year.
We're talking under 5000 deaths... in 38 years. You're more likely to be struck and killed by lightning.
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Valtiel
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