Alarming statistic

[Scratcher]

Think about it​

​

A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is​

700,000.​

(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians​

per year are​

120,000.​

(C) Accidental deaths per physician​

is​

0.171​

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of​

Health and Human Services.​

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>​

Now think about this:​

Guns​

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S.​

is​

80,000,000.​

(Yes, that's 80 million)​

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths​

per year, all age groups,​

is​

1,500.​

(C) The number of accidental deaths​

per gun owner​

is​

.0000188​

Statistics courtesy of FBI​

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>​

So, statistically, doctors are approximately​

9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.​

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>​

Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.'​

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>​

​

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,​

BUT​

Almost everyone has at least one doctor.​

This means you are over 9,000 times more likely to be killed by a doctor as by a gun owner!!!​

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​

Please alert your friends​

to this​

alarming threat.​

We must ban doctors​

before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!​

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>​

Out of concern for the public at large,​

We withheld the statistics on​

lawyers​

for fear the shock would cause​

people to panic and seek medical attention​

 

[tactical1224]

I got that in an email last month. funny.

 

[ViperJock]

Yes! now we can finally move ahead and ban doctors. Let's make sure we add hospitals into the mix since they make a huge number of deadly errors as well! woot! now we are cooking with gas!

Good grief. Apples and oranges. Doctors also save a much larger number of people on a daily basis, or improve the health of people on a daily basis than guns do.

What is the relative risk benefit ratio?

 

[djenks11]

Saw that not to long ago. Just a matter of time before they start banning doctors.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Yeah, but how many children are killed by doctors? The pediatrician death rate?

 

[Bunnykid68]

Yeah, but how many children are killed by doctors? The pediatrician death rate?

About 2200 a day

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

About 2200 a day

Is there no stat you don't know?

 

[Hwseeker]

So...What will Congress Do?

Yes, that is an alarming statistic. I wonder if our "feel good" legislative bodies will do with that information. Pass a law which requires a doctor to see no more that 7 patients a day? Make it illegal to have a doctor without a full patient background check? Eliminate all free medical clinics?

 

[cbseniour]

Thanks for the great post.

 

[Bishop]

That is a very interesting way to look at the stats. Gonna make me wonder the next time I go to the doctor's office.

 

[econnell]

Too funny! I'm gonna show this to my medical director...it should go over like a lead balloon! Ahahahahaha

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I can only say we must fire doctors when they make their first mistake. People's lives are in their hands, after all, so we cannot tolerate overly cocky doctors killing people, ruining families, and acting like they are so much better than the rest of us.

Plus, they get to cut people open. I'd get in SOOO much trouble if I cut someone open, even if they said it was ok. Why should they be a special class? I've got just as much right to cut someone open as some fancy pants "doctor", is he better than me just because he paid someone for "medical school", if he's even a real doctor?

Dangerous and a threat to our liberties, that's what I see when I see that white coat and stethoscope.