It’s been a while since I posted a Covid-19 related post but lately I see more and more people wearing masks, even when they’re completely by themselves walking on a sidewalk or in their cars.

So if all you can think about right now is catching Covid or dying from Covid, here are some other things you should probably be more worried about…

So far here in Canada with a population of 37.5 million people around 9,000 people have died from Covid or at least “said to have died from Covid”.

Keep in mind the average age of Covid deaths where I live in Canada BC is 85 years old while the average age of death in BC is only 80 years old. Covid victims are actually dying on average older than when they normally would had died so perhaps Covid-19 is extending their live by as much as 5 years??? Go Figure!!!

OK, so here we go with things more likely to kill you than Covid-19 here in Canada… 

1. Cancer: 80,000 people died of cancer in 2018. So almost 10 times more people than Covid!
   
   
2. Cardiovascular Disease: 53,000 Canadians died from heart disease in 2018.
   
   
3. Car Accidents: 13,300 people died from car accident in 2018. I am sorry to say that while you are wearing your mask in the car it will not save you from a car accident, it might even distract you and cause a car accident!
   
   
4. The Common Flu: OK this one is about on par with Covid going back to 2018 stats at around 8,500 death from the flu in Canada. Were you worried about dying from the flu back in 2018? Probably not so why so scared now?
   
   
5. Suicide: In 2018 nearily 4,000 people died from suicide so about half of those that have died from Covid in 2020 but this was when life was good and we where not all unemployed isolated alcoholics and opioid addicts. Well, maybe not all of us are in that boat but many more are than ever before and this will take its toll on human life in the form of suicides and related drug and alcohol overdoses.

You go ahead and wear your mask if it makes you feel safer but keep in mind there are so many better ways of increasing your odds of not dying like simply eating better and staying active.