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StorminNorman t1_jdvl7w7 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Does drinking too much water put strain on the kidneys? by tb200

>Keith Richards is still alive... no, seriously, he is.

Yeah, and Bob Saget "went to bed, and bumped his head, and couldn't get up in the morning". The human body can be incredibly fragile when it wants to be...

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Smithy2232 t1_jdvnuy7 wrote

It certainly can. It is all about how you look at things.

Someone can be concerned about drinking too much water, which I drink about 1 1/2 gallons a day and have never thought of, or someone can be concerned about all the alcohol people drink, how overweight everyone is becoming, or a number of things.

People were very concerned about covid and I'm still more concerned about driving than I ever was of covid. We all have our thing.

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FancyJ89 t1_jdvt7wh wrote

That's a strange way to view risk assessment considering covid and driving aren't mutually exclusive. Covid became an ADDITIONAL risk on top of any other risks occurring in your life. Should I drive? Or walk? Or fly to my destination? Those risks are related and increasing one reduces the other.

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PeteyMax t1_jdwaysi wrote

If you are under 25, the risk of dying from Covid is less than that of dying in a car crash within the next year, and that's only if you catch it.

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FancyJ89 t1_jdwdrgx wrote

Right, but this still misses the point. There's a risk of dying in a car crash when you drive and there's a risk of dying in a bicycle accident if you decide to ride your bike instead, but you're only ever taking on one of those risks at any given time. One risk completly REPLACES the other, depending on the decision you make.

Covid however, is an ADDED risk in addition to every other decision you make daily. Sorry if I wasn't being clear.

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Smithy2232 t1_jdvu07s wrote

You are correct in what you said. I just never really worried too much about covid. For me, driving is more concerning.

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