The surgeon general has determined that shooting your mouth off is a public health issue
Posted on 08/16/2015 7:18:46 AM PDT by rktman
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's chief doctor said he doesn't regret saying gun violence is a public health issue, calling his difficult confirmation process a consequence of speaking out.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Saturday that the backlash from his gun-control statement was disappointing but not a surprise.
He was confirmed in December in the face of opposition from the National Rifle Association, which was a rare defeat for the powerful gun lobby.
Murthy said the challenging process showed him the importance of community, including those from the medical, public health, tech and Asian-American communities who rallied in support of him. He also credited his fiancee Alice Chen for helping him cope.
The doctor said he still believes gun violence is a preventable health problem, comparing it to seatbelts and swimming pool safety.
He was speaking at the Asian American Journalists Association convention gala in San Francisco.
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I think hospitals are a serious health issue since around 100,000 people die there from doctors’ mistakes.
How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?
http://www.propublica.org/article/how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-us-hospitals
“In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published the famous “To Err Is Human” report, which dropped a bombshell on the medical community by reporting that up to 98,000 people a year die because of mistakes in hospitals. The number was initially disputed, but is now widely accepted by doctors and hospital officials — and quoted ubiquitously in the media.”
And this isn’t including those who die by euthanasia or abortion!
Surgeon General Vivek ... the backlash from his gun-control statement was disappointing but not a surprise...
Really?
I thought the whole Surgeon General boondoggle was axed back in the 90s. Are we still wasting taxpayer money on it?
Why does the country have a “surgeon general” in the first place? Idiotic concept.
Unanswerable question of the day:
Name ONE competent Dorkbama the Muslim appointed official.
Preventable? Go see if you can prevent it in Baltimore.
Swimming pool safety? Swimming pools kill more pre-teens/year than guns.
This feller is either a liar or is stupid.
The left would never give up a megaphone if they didn’t have to.
Total deaths - 2,423,712
Assault by discharge of firearm - 12,632
Cardiovascular disease - 806,156
Malignant neoplasms (Cancer) - 562,875
Appears the Surgeon Gen is dishonest if he thinks .5% of deaths (by firearms) constitute a public health issue
Stats here: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0121.pdf
If that genius Joyceln Elders couldn’t fix the gun violence problem, then nobody can. The only logical conclusion is to ban all guns. /S
I got some bad news for vivian murtha. Despite all the advances in medicine, the death rate world wide remanins at-——100%. No cure yet dumbass.
The clown is an extreme leftwing politican. The jerk has to say dumb chit like this in order to keep his masters in the party happy.
Liberals have agendas, not regrets.
Being wrong and having no facts is never an issue.
because it causes cancer, measles, polio, spreads HIV??? This man is in stage 5 of terminal stupidity and liberals will be nodding heads upon hearing his little gems of moronic wisdom. Not unlike the screaming lawyer commercials where the statement, "if you or your loved ones have become ill or died from taking the prescription drug..." If you died and you're listening to this drivel, you are not in heaven.
Or how about this one: Vehicular homicide is not a good way to express your affection to another person. Or: Refrain from eating ground glass because it will increase your life expectancy.
It’s an epidemic!! We’re all gonna die!!
In 2006 the Department of Justice issued a report on violent felons in large urban counties. It covered the period from 1990 to 2002, and included the 75 most populous counties in the United States. The study accounted for over half of all the murders in the United States in the covered period.
Revealed in the study was a simple breakdown of the demographics of the murderers that is not commonly available. Murderers were divided into three groups. Blacks were the most numerous at 46%. Hispanics were next at 27 percent. Non-Hispanic whites were last at 23 percent.
While the study does not account for all murders in the period studied, it accounts for more than half and almost certainly slightly understates the percentages of Black murderers, because the latest FBI statistics (for 2010) show that when all the murders in the U.S are taken into account, the percentage of Black murderers is over 53 percent.
The surgeon general has a poor understanding of statistics and demographics. Or else he is a liberal racist......
The surgeon general has determined that shooting your mouth off is a public health issue
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