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Zeus posted...

...I also didn't realize he played Edgar the Bug in MiB, but I guess it's been ages since I saw that.

Did you remember that he was in Full Metal Jacket? Or Thirteenth Floor?

Or Dishonored 2?



Zeus posted...

But Covid would be more surprising, which is what I was driving at.

I don't think it would be that surprising. Sure, mortality is low for younger people and worse for the elderly, and you'd assume he'd be in shape enough (just based on the Marvel films) that he wouldn't be tripping any of the red flags like obesity, asthma, blood pressure, diabetes, etc... but there's always the possibility of underlying conditions aggravating symptoms and causing complications.

Hell, there've been casualties across all age groups, including much younger than 43. Sure, it might only be an average 1-in-10000 chance for his age group, but that's not really all THAT unbelievable. Especially since it's been mentioned that Covid seems to have a greater impact on the black population than others.

I mean, hell, he was only three months older than me, and I freely acknowledge I could theoretically die if I caught it (even if my friend who caught it, who is about eight months younger than me) came through relatively fine.

I think the main difference though is that Covid is something you can catch, suffer, and die from in the span of about two weeks, so it can come out of nowhere and take you completely by surprise, whereas we tend to assume that there'll be visible symptoms and prior history from something more major and long-term like cancer.

I do agree context comes into play, though. Like how, with wrestling, almost every time you hear about a wrestler dying young, you almost always assume it's something drug-related (or, at least, that used to be the case).
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