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

[epp at sillydog.org (Edward)]

On 11/22/21 10:15, Rich Pieri wrote:
> 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

DST will be abolished when Boston is added to the TZ database.


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