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monocasayesterday at 8:26 PM1 replyview on HN

The pagers killed a total of twelve people; which included four children.

That's a pretty awful ratio.


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dralleyyesterday at 8:29 PM

The pager detonations were weak enough to be effectively nonlethal unless you're especially vulnerable. That's how you end up with such a low death to injury ratio in the first place.

So per the KPI metric you've chosen, making it more lethal and more dangerous to bystanders would have been better.

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