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I didn't think someone so young could die of "natural causes", but apparently even dying from the flu or sudden heart failure qualifies as a natural cause: http
by angilly 11y ago
I didn't think someone so young could die of "natural causes", but apparently even dying from the flu or sudden heart failure qualifies as a natural cause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes
Ooof. Terrifying.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoDVT is also considered a natural cause, and if you sit all day, you're at a higher propensity to die from it: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/deepveinthrombosis.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/deepveinthrombosis.html
- PythonForGirls 11y agoAnd if you're obese, like he was.
- melling 11y agoDevelopers really need to look after their health. Our sedentary lives are impacting our health: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11040932 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11040932 Hopefully, we'll soon figure out ways to monitor and measure our health. Then dying from natural causes will never happen.
- protomyth 11y agoAll "natural" means in this context is that the person died independent of the actions of self or others, its the "not manmade" definition. Had a friend go with an aneurysm at a little younger age. Its horrifying to have those nothing you could do scenarios. Hit me much worse than the overdoses, suicides, or car accidents, and I'm not really sure why.