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Comment by reliabilityguy

6 days ago

Because the latter implies some external attribute to it?

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wat10000  6 days ago

That's what makes the latter more accurate.

  • reliabilityguy  6 days ago

    How come?

    • wat10000  5 days ago

      Because there often is an external attribute, especially if you consider illness to be “external” as is conventional for most deaths caused by illness.

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