Modern medicine is also very good at killing people, plenty or articles about that.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/health/medical-error-a-leading-cause-of-death/
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GMO and all that crap.
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Weak argument...
Yes, mistakes happen, but as a whole medicine benefits humanity.
Yes, mistakes happen, but as a whole medicine benefits humanity.
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"...there are at least 251,454 deaths due to medical errors annually in the United States."
For the sake of argument, lets say 300,000 deaths per year. Compared to a population of over 300 million, this is less than 0.1% of the entire population - in direct comparison to the 99.9% of the population that isn't killed by medical error...
For the sake of argument, lets say 300,000 deaths per year. Compared to a population of over 300 million, this is less than 0.1% of the entire population - in direct comparison to the 99.9% of the population that isn't killed by medical error...
In fact our medical system is safer then road travel by car, or aircraft. We expect 100%safty, but that can only happen in fiction. Yes, people have lost the wrong limb, or got the wrong blood or the wrong dose of a med. It is unbelievably rare in terms of percentage.
Many of the mistakes that are recorded are harmless non events. A med error happens when a med is given late, in most cases that has zero effect on the person getting the med. it is nothing more then a book keeping mistake. Such mistakes happen because an emergency in another room or just plain poor staffing due to an outbreak of local sickness.
Some mistakes are protocol mistakes. A person should get test or treatment a before b, but due to symptoms the doc or the staff on hand goes directly to b.all and all you are safer in a hospital or with a paramedic in your house then any where else in the world.
Many of the mistakes that are recorded are harmless non events. A med error happens when a med is given late, in most cases that has zero effect on the person getting the med. it is nothing more then a book keeping mistake. Such mistakes happen because an emergency in another room or just plain poor staffing due to an outbreak of local sickness.
Some mistakes are protocol mistakes. A person should get test or treatment a before b, but due to symptoms the doc or the staff on hand goes directly to b.all and all you are safer in a hospital or with a paramedic in your house then any where else in the world.
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