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To: DUMBGRUNT
Nope, no, and HELL NO!

Between 2000 and 2013, a total of 144 deaths, 1,391 patient injuries and 8,061 device malfunctions were reported with robotic surgery, according to the study published in PLOS One in 2016. Burnt or broken pieces of instruments fell into the patient in 14.7 percent of the reported cases. Another 10.5 percent of reports involved electrical arcing of instruments, and 8.6 percent involved unintended operation of instruments. System errors and video/imaging problems were reported in 5 percent and 2.6 percent of the cases, respectively.

https://www.drugwatch.com/davinci-surgery/complications/
18 posted on 06/17/2021 8:37:41 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Vsetko Umiera! Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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To: snuffy smiff

Medical mishap are one of the leading causes of death in America.


24 posted on 06/17/2021 9:58:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: snuffy smiff

The old timers with horses resisted the automobile when it first came out too. So you are not alone in your thinking, it’s human to sometimes be afraid of change.

But imbrace the future and stop romanticizing a past the never truly existed.


32 posted on 06/18/2021 3:37:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: snuffy smiff

—”Between 2000 and 2013, a total of 144 deaths,”

Only ten each year.
Not to worry!

In 2020 there were 17 direct lightning fatalities, compared with 20 in 2019, according to the National Weather Service. From 2010 to 2019 on average, 26 people died each year from lightning strikes in the United States.


37 posted on 06/18/2021 7:12:12 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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