[icanhasbailout]

Odds of getting hit by lightning in an 80 year lifetime: 1 in
10,000

Odds of a female getting cervical cancer: 1 in 12,500

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm

Just bringing some proportion into this conversation here.

[thackney]

We have over 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed every year.

Are you saying we have about that many people getting hit by lightning every year?

[Old Student]

And if half of our population is female, at 150,000,000 that is 12000 women. Pretty close to the per-annum figure, IIRC. What is the likelyhood of getting cervical cancer if you're exposed to HPV?

Not to mention that there has been one guy in the news recently who's been hit three times. Apples and Oranges, IOW. Odds don't mean it will or won't happen.