Think about this:
a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000.
b. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.
c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
(US Dept. of Health & Human Services)

Then think about this:
a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000.
b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year is 1,500.
c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner .0000188.
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more =
dangerous
than gun owners.

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE =
DOCTOR.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors
before this gets out of hand.

As a public health measure, I have withheld the statistics on lawyers =
for
fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention


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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

....and before everyone goes off half-cocked (gunwise...), it's a =
joke....

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

"katysails" wrote in message
...
....and before everyone goes off half-cocked (gunwise...), it's a joke....

Sorry Katy but I fail to see the humor. MDs' "medical misadventures" kill at
least the 125,000 you mention (some put it at 2 or 3x that) but nobody even
notices.

To put a face on one of these "misadventures", a famous lady motorcycle
rider suffered a minor concussion in a crash that left her BMW unrideable so
she opted to stay in the hospital overnight. Her husband arrived and they
visited several hours, planning to head for home in th morning. But next
morning she was dead!! Seems somebody gave her an injection meant for a
different patient .....

Can you imagine the hubub if .... oh well.

No intent to pick on you Katy but US medicine is in a sorry state and we're
too busy worrying about drug dealers shooting each other to even notice.

Oz,

We, here in the USA, have had two Doctor Strikes in my lifetime. Both
times that the Dr was on strike the mortality rate went down!!

Katy may have hit on somethingG

Ole Thom

Vito Steockli wrote:


Sorry Katy but I fail to see the humor. MDs' "medical misadventures" kill at
least the 125,000 you mention (some put it at 2 or 3x that) but nobody even
notices.

I'd hardly say that 'nobody botices.' But if you genuinely believe that doctors
kill that many people, don't go to one.



To put a face on one of these "misadventures", a famous lady motorcycle
rider suffered a minor concussion in a crash that left her BMW unrideable so
she opted to stay in the hospital overnight. Her husband arrived and they
visited several hours, planning to head for home in th morning. But next
morning she was dead!! Seems somebody gave her an injection meant for a
different patient .....

Can you imagine the hubub if .... oh well.

I can imagine there was a LOT of hubbub over a case like that.

Aside from that tragic mistake, doctors don't usually give people shots. Nurses
or increasingly in this economic climates, half-trained aids, give shots.



No intent to pick on you Katy but US medicine is in a sorry state and we're
too busy worrying about drug dealers shooting each other to even notice.

That must be why everybody who can afford it comes to American hospitals for
major operations.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Vito Steockli wrote:


Sorry Katy but I fail to see the humor. MDs' "medical misadventures"
kill at
least the 125,000 you mention (some put it at 2 or 3x that) but nobody
even
notices.

I'd hardly say that 'nobody botices.' But if you genuinely believe that
doctors
kill that many people, don't go to one.

It isn't what I, or anybody else "believes" it is a fact; to "believe"
otherwise is like believing that the whole world was once flooded for a
month. Nor is your solution practical. The cost of care is so exorbitant
that we should expect and demand "zero defects".



To put a face on one of these "misadventures", a famous lady motorcycle
rider suffered a minor concussion in a crash that left her BMW
unrideable so
she opted to stay in the hospital overnight. Her husband arrived and
they
visited several hours, planning to head for home in th morning. But next
morning she was dead!! Seems somebody gave her an injection meant for a
different patient .....

Can you imagine the hubub if .... oh well.

I can imagine there was a LOT of hubbub over a case like that.

Aside from that tragic mistake, doctors don't usually give people shots.
Nurses
or increasingly in this economic climates, half-trained aids, give shots.



No intent to pick on you Katy but US medicine is in a sorry state and
we're
too busy worrying about drug dealers shooting each other to even notice.

That must be why everybody who can afford it comes to American hospitals
for
major operations.

DSK

Vito Steockli wrote:


It isn't what I, or anybody else "believes" it is a fact; to "believe"
otherwise is like believing that the whole world was once flooded for a
month.

If it was, then such a belief would be correct, wouldn't it?


Nor is your solution practical.

About not going to a doctor? Sure it's practical, it savves a lot of time &
money and for somebody with your 'beliefs' (oops there's that word again) it
should seem a lot safer.


The cost of care is so exorbitant
that we should expect and demand "zero defects".

Sorry, we live in an imperfect world. When you can absolutely guarantee that you
yourself never make any single mistake, no matter how small, then you can demand
that of others. Also remember that between 60% and 99% of the cost of your
medical care comes out of somebody elses pocket... and there ain't no such thing
as a free lunch.

Meantime, why don't you try going to a lawyer when you feel sick? He can sue the
germs for you, that would be error-free and possibly cheaper.

DSK

OH, this is a keeper! ROFLMAO!

Thanks again,

LP