“Be Safe. Stay Home.” The message pops up everywhere I look. Did you know that according to the CDC, 788,757 people die at home each year (2017 number). More than 6000 per year die of falls in the home. 5000 per year die in the home of poisoning, 3000 of fire and burns, and another 1000 from airway obstruction, not to mention drowning and blunt force trauma. In all, home cause 7 million disabling injuries, and 20 million hospital trips in the U.S. each year. Does home really sound like a safe place to be? Some of the counted deaths were from underlying health conditions like heart attack and cancer, but since they were tested positive for being at home, they had to be counted in the number of home deaths.
“it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment” Hebrews 9:27
