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Not to Scare You, But … We’re All Going to Die
Warnings in the news feed a constant health panic: Less alcohol! More vitamin D! But often the underlying data is the real problem.
There’s no safe level during this epidemic.
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I’ll refrain from saying there’s an epidemic of health scares, because overuse of the word “epidemic” is a common scare tactic. But let’s just agree there are a lot of them. Is it too many? Well, when it comes to health scares, there’s probably no safe level.
That phrase is another common tactic. Last month a study made the rounds of news sites warning readers that there’s no safe level of alcohol consumption.