AUGUSTA, GA—A sobering statistic recently discovered that multiple fatalities in recent years can be directly linked to death-related causes.
Epidemiologists at Augusta University have been re-analyzing data from dozens of sources at local, state, and federal levels regarding fatalities, and uncovered this disturbing trend, suggesting that death may be a larger factor in human fatalities than heretofore believed.
Although most of these fatalities on record had been attributed to causes like heart disease, cancer, automotive accidents, and others, the team of researchers decided to take a second look at the data to see if there were a commonality shared among them. Indeed, a pattern slowly emerged in the data that no one had apparently noticed before.
Dr. Belinda Ming, 38, explained how the discovery came about. "It was very frustrating at first, because we were looking in all the wrong places. We thought maybe race, ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic status might be good places to look, and we did find interesting patterns, but we were still struggling to see what each of these fatalities shared at their core. Then, one day it just struck us like lightning, which was also a type of fatality we accounted for—death was at the core of all of these fatalities!"
She expressed caution before jumping to conclusions, however, stating that these links are still preliminary as they continue to seek more data and conduct more thorough analyses. Additionally, as they go through older data, it may be revealed that this trend is not new, but may have been going on for several years.
Still, according to Dr. Ming, these findings may have major implications for future research and policy proposals. "If we continue to find this pattern, that death is at least partially the culprit in all of these fatalities, well then it's pretty clear what can be done to reduce fatalities. We can start to examine ways to slow down, prevent, or even cure death, and, if our theory is correct, that should significantly reduce the fatalities we're seeing."
Regarding immediate steps that everyday people can take now, Dr. Ming suggests that people avoid death, and potentially death-causing situations. This should also noticeably reduce their risk of fatality.
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