article that prompted the previous, btw. it's good https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/711944497622462464 …
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the numbers on gun deaths compared to deaths by hospital-acquired infection are kind of stunning, I thought. 11,000 to 75,000
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@schakalsynthetc that number for HA-I is pretty amazing - you see this claim a lot without any numberspic.twitter.com/mv6GzEQrYe
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@schakalsynthetc could deaths from treating "treatable" illnesses with woo really even approach 75,000 a year?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@literalbanana well, there's the whole can of worms gathering and reporting these kinds of numbers is always going to open1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@literalbanana I mean, for one it's safe to assume *most* deaths are heavily overdetermined, so any figure will be adjusted for that2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc yup and it doesn't account for how awful it is to be in a hospital or other quality of life stuff2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@literalbanana hm. btw, just occured to me: the hot trend lately has been toward increasingly huge centralized hospital complexes1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
@schakalsynthetc yuuup - christopher alexander talks about how 10,000 bed hospitals are horrifying but we assume they're necessary
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@literalbanana yep. & off the top of my head I'd tend to really, really doubt they are medically necessary. the motives are more economic2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@schakalsynthetc also true of a huge % of treatments and tests1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 4 more replies
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