ABS says both forms of diabetes killed 4348 people in 2014. Usual Australian Story bullshit? http://bit.ly/2c4HLX0 https://twitter.com/AustralianStory/status/772543534561763329 …
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Bernard Keane Retweeted Australian Story
ABS says both forms of diabetes killed 4348 people in 2014. Usual Australian Story bullshit? http://bit.ly/2c4HLX0 https://twitter.com/AustralianStory/status/772543534561763329 …
Bernard Keane added,
@AustralianStory every six seconds worldwide perhaps. Both could be true
someone dying every six seconds is 5m Australians a year. ridiculous.
They didn't say "Australians", could mean 5M people worldwide.
still wrong by a factor of 3 http://bit.ly/zCNNKG
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