[Discuss] Abolish DST (was This year's Beowulf Bash is not for the lily-livered)

[Rich Pieri]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 22:58:17 -0500
John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:

> I look at Daylight Savings as a bizarre custom, one of a multitude of
> similar customs, that can be mildly annoying but is trivially easy to
> cope with, Heated efforts to repeal Daylight Savings strike me as
> being about as silly and pointless as trying to outlaw Santa Claus
> and the Tooth Fairy. Just doesn't seem like a hill worth dying for.

If only. People literally die due to the stress caused by the shift.
Really. Stroke risk for at-risk people rises up to 8% in the days
following the DST change. Heart attack risk for at-risk people rises up
to 24%. So yeah, abolishing DST isn't just a silly windmill tilting
exercise, IMO.

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/10/26/can-daylight-saving-time-hurt-the-heart-prepare-now-for-spring

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