 http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/fear-of-terror-makes-people-stupid.html
Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid
Posted on June 21, 2011 by WashingtonsBlog
In the real world, as the National Safety Council notes:
- You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack
- You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack
— You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane
— You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack
-You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack
— You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack
- You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack
-You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack
-You are 9 times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack
-You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist
-You are 8 times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack
- You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack
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