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Ms. Toad

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6. A day or two, a 24% increase in heart attacks, a few more fatal car accidents.
Reply to Polybius (Original post)
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:46 PM
Mar 2019

I doubt the folks who have a heart attack - or died in a fatal car crash - agree that it is worth it just for a sign that winter is ending.

https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/heart-health/why-daylight-saving-time-could-increase-your-heart-attack-risk
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11152980

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It's Daylight Savings Time! [View all] Polybius Mar 2019 OP
It sucks itsrobert Mar 2019 #1
It doesn't bring Spring any faster Polybius Mar 2019 #3
Look at the picture you posted PJMcK Mar 2019 #2
Ahh just noticed Polybius Mar 2019 #5
Sorry, I didn't mean to be snarky PJMcK Mar 2019 #7
You we're snarky at all Polybius Mar 2019 #10
Thank goodness you've straightened that out! Where will you use your powers next? DontBooVote Mar 2019 #8
Daylight savings time sucks... ADX Mar 2019 #4
A day or two, a 24% increase in heart attacks, a few more fatal car accidents. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #6
Heart attacks? Polybius Mar 2019 #9
It's a 24% increase - without a corresponding decrease in subsequent days. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #13
Agree. Tipperary Mar 2019 #11
Archaic Timewas Mar 2019 #12
I work second shift, so five days a week the extra hour of daylight doesn't help. House of Roberts Mar 2019 #14
How do you get an hour more of daylight on your days off. Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #18
My body rhythm adjusts to my work schedule, CST or CDT. House of Roberts Mar 2019 #19
Completely agree Polybius Mar 2019 #20
The only thing I find wrong is, Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #23
It's been a busy night at Stonehenge . . . Journeyman Mar 2019 #15
I hate getting up in the dark. Detest daylight savings. sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #16
Why? Polybius Mar 2019 #21
That depends on where you are. DFW Mar 2019 #17
Twilight golf is possible again Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #22
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