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Letter: Glass half-full

Published 18 May 2011

From Dyane Silvester

I noted with interest “The optimist manifesto” (16 April, p 52) which states that relentless optimists are “…less likely to get cardiovascular disease or to catch flu, and are at less risk of dying from any cause”. I am quite excited by this apparent discovery of the secret of eternal life.

Carnforth, Lancashire, UK

Issue no. 2813 published 21 May 2011

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