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Fan death predating the rise in suicide trends makes it seem more likely to me that fan death was used to obscure a suicide.

What is your perspective on what it is?

All we know is people were already talking about this in 1910.

So why do you think it is offensive to suggest it’s a polite way of obscuring a suicide?

That feels like the most charitable way to interpret people claiming fans are a lethal hazard?