Posted on 01/29/2016 10:02:30 AM PST by rktman
I would bet way more than 90 people are killed everyday by medical mistakes. Hey Doctor want to discuss this?
I will stay away from him
Here we go. If your family doctor thinks you are depressed and is a gun-grabber, be prepared for him to report you to the police.
85 of them are killed in Chicago!
There are 195,000 hospital deaths in the U.S. per year (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php) and 98,000 malpractice deaths a year in the U.S. (http://www.propublica.org/article/how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-us-hospitals) a year, Doc. You are more dangerous than a gun. Get a clue.
The Stasi would be proud.
Yes, iatrogenic deaths number in the hundreds of thousands each year.
Recitation of numbers without any context.
Compare to the numbers for drunk driving and other auto related accidents, Doc.
Or, to paraphrase, “Your freedom threatens my control. So I will take it from you.”
Hey Doc:
How many death are there per year as a result of surgical and medication errors? And how many do you think are hidden and therefore never make it into the statistics?
Are physicians a public health threat?
National physicians groups are run by totalitarian leftist thugs. Pediatricians especially.
Why limit yourself to guns, Doc?
Why not talk about the public health problems associated with freedom in general?
There are 3,000 deaths due to abortion every day in the U. S. ...
What do you call someone who graduates at the bottom of his class in medical school? “Doctor”.
If Obamacare continues, physicians will become government informants.
“Do you own guns and if so, how many? Refuse to answer and your attitude will be noted.”
People in need of mental health treatment will hesitate to go to psychiatrists who may place them on a government watchlist.
Enough busybodies in life to worry about, without this.
White folks giving up on Obamaland and shooting themselves.
Wrong target, IMHO.
Sometimes (all the time) the 32,000 and 11,000 figures are used interchangeably by gun control advocates. Clearly, the 32,000 figure is a far more dramatic number and it is often used for impact by anti-gun activists.
According to the FBI, almost four in ten homicides are classified as "unknown" while arguments are, predictably, the top cause of known homicides......So while Detroit logs some 350 homicides annually, there is no hard statistic to grasp the exact percentage that is gang-related or involving gang-members.... In New Orleans, between 35-55% of homicides are classified as gang-related. In Chicago, an estimated 80% of homicides are gang-related. And in Baltimore, the police commissioner states that 80% of homicides are drug-related
Source: http://usconservatives.about.com/od/capitalpunishment/a/Putting-Gun-Death-Statistics-In-Perspective.htm
How many people die outside of a hospital or get admitted to a hospital due to drug interactions because the doctor did not get an Rx profile from the patient?
“when I see a depressed patient, suggest that, if he/she owns a gun, perhaps a friend or family member should hold it until they feel better.”
They should probably take away their ropes, knives, prescription drugs, and plastic bags. And stop them from being able to access roadways, high places or large bodies of water.
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