This is real, it's very serious, and it deserves all the respect you can give it. Don't be lax in your safety measures and don't let your guard down just because it's not happened to anybody you know.
One of my shooting buddies was an early casualty of this. He had just moved into a 'senior' living facility. That lasted about two weeks.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/c...ath/5128737002/Larry had the most positive outlook of anybody I've ever met. He almost died as the result of an accident while serving in the army. He had to learn to read and write again due to the brain injury sustained. Every day was a gift to Larry. As you can see by the article, he did OK.
He was a fan of mechanical shotguns, notably the A5, Model 50, and Model 59. He once 'skeletenized' a model 59 to see just how light a 12 gauge functioning automatic could be made. It was in the area of 4 pounds. We asked him when he was going to put a wing on one. Once an engineer, always an engineer.
I was proud to call Larry a friend.
