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Originally Posted by jayswin
No, that's not what whataboutism means. Whataboutism is taking a point and bringing up an unrelated issue. You brought up the existence and threat of death from cold here, and he countered directly with heat related deaths here.
You also flippantly brushed it off as "one heat wave" when he clearly mentioned 66 deaths in ONE WEEK, when there are 30-40 hypothermia deaths per year in Alberta. It jives with what I've seen from following the news, that you're much more likely to die from heat related deaths in Alberta than cold related deaths.
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I think I made mention only of the "frostbite within minutes" threat by Environment Canada. Frostbite is not death.
Second point, which you ignored, is that the heat wave was at temperatures well exceeding +30, which is what the debate was about. So the number to cite to would be the lethality rate in Alberta at +30.
Lastly, heat wave deaths exceeding hypothermia deaths doesn't make you "win". It's still likely true that the majority of Albertans prefer +30 to -30, despite the horrific lethality of +30 you've clearly proven.