The concept of absolute risk is easier to conceptualize by comparing the risk of being hit by a car when crossing a street (higher relative risk) versus standing in front of one's house (lower relative risk), where the absolute risk remains very low even when crossing the street.

“if i if i walk on in on the street in front of my house i have a certain risk of being hit by a car if i stand in the in the um just stand in front of my house in the lawn in front of my house um i have another risk of being hit by a car the risk is much greater if i cross the street than if i just stand in front of on the on the grass in front of my house but i cross the street all the time and you know never get hit so still the chances of my being hit are still extremely small even though i cross the street even though the relative risk is much higher the absolute risk is still very low of being hit by a car and i think that's that's what people don't quite understand”