In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.
Replying to @neiltyson
I'll give you credit for using the IOM estimate of 90K deaths from medical error/yr instead of the sensationalistic and innumerate estimates from 250-400K, but that's still too high. The real number is almost certainly much lower.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-2019-edition/ …
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