All of us assume risks in life. These risks are called living. The chance of death from ingesting a toothpick is higher than the chance of death from exposure to asbestos. Since statistics began being compiled in the 1930s, over 800,000 Americans have died in automobile accidents. More people are killed on crosswalks than from jaywalking.
Unemployment is riskier to life and limb than steeplejacking or mountain-climbing.
More unemployed people drink to excess or commit suicide and die than perish in steeplejacking or mountain- climbing accidents. Staying a bachelor means you'll live five years less than your married friends. Every single day, over 40,000 children die of illness related to malnutrition. Two-thirds of more than 800 common chemicals tested cause tumors in rodents. What is worse is that more than 50,000 more have not yet been tested.