Drug overdoses Kill 621 in San Francisco so Far in 2020, the virus 173

[rayg]

Drug overdoses Kill 621 in San Francisco so Far in 2020; While Coronavirus Kills 173

Fifty-eight more people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco last month [November], then lasr year bringing the yearly total to at least 621. That compares to 441 deaths in all of 2019.

https://www.breitbart.com/health/202...rus-kills-173/

[togor]

Give the virus time!

Meaningless comparison though.

[rayg]

Give the virus time!

Meaningless comparison though.

It shows that drugs kill more people there then the virus!..Why is that comparison meaningless?...

[lyman]

lots of things kill more people than this virus,

yet we as a nation, and world, are consumed by it,

[togor]

It shows that drugs kill more people there then the virus!..Why is that comparison meaningless?...

I judge it meaningless because you haven't given it any meaning. You just took two mortality statistics out of a pile and compared them side by side. You could have included deaths by kidney disease in there too for all it would matter.

[rayg]

lots of things kill more people than this virus,

yet we as a nation, and world, are consumed by it,

That's the point I was trying to make! Think car accidents..oh yes..don't forget old age Lol..could go on and on...

[S.A. Boggs]

Give the virus time!

Meaningless comparison though.

Is it? Define your statement and back up with empirical fact, not fallacy.
Sam