Doctors vs. Guns

[Catchawave]

Anyone know if these stats are accurate? It came in email from a friend who works for the government, American Government that is :)

I'm posting her "FWD:FWD,fwd,fwd" here because I remember a study a few years ago in Australia that noted their death rate dropped when their doctors went on strike. :tinfoilhat:
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doctors vs guns


Something to think about...
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> Doctors:
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> (A) The number of doctors in the US is 700,000
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> (B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000
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> (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%
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> Statistics courtesy of the US Dept. of Health & Human Services
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> Guns:
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> (A) The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes that's 80
>million)
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> (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is
>1,500.
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> (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%
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> Statistics courtesy of the FBI
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> So statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more
>dangerous than gun owners
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> Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.
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> FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS
> AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
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> Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We
> must ban doctors before this gets completely out of
> hand!!!
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> Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics
>on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical
>attention.

[sweetladybug]

1. It sounds like some gun nut wrote this and I think it's bullshit.

[zbdent]

2. Use that to point out how malpractice lawsuits are not

bullshit - that will cause your right-wing-nut's head to explode.

[pres2032]

3. you should ask them how many people have been saved by doctors

compared to how many saved by guns.

[cornermouse]

4. People are usually sick before they see the doctor...

They don't usually have holes in them before they get shot...

[Catchawave]

5. Interesting comments so far....

I'll let my *friend* in the Pentagon know he's not amusing and to stop sending me this sh*tmail.

Thanks guys!

[imenja]

6. I think the highest stats are from hospital mistakes rather than doctors

in particular. I heard a report on NPR that said survival rates in hospitals correlate very closely to the numbers of nursing staff. Other problems relate to inadequate cleaning measures. They even spoke about doctors who didn't was their hands before surgery, which struck me as outrageous and I can't believe it is very common.

Health care in this country is a disaster. How long before the Republicans figure out they can't keep obstructing attempts to fix the health care system?