Thor
03-12-2005, 05:53 PM
>
>Something to think about!
>
>
>
> Subject: Comparative risk analysis
>
> 1. Consider Doctors:
>
> (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
> (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
> (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
>
> Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.
>
> 2. Now Consider Guns:
>
> (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is
>80 million.
> (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year all age groups is
>1,500.
> (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
>
> 3. Conclusion: Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times
>more dangerous than gun owners.
>
> Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."
>
> 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 completely out of hand !!!!!
>
> Out of concern for the public at large, we have withheld the
>statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and
>seek medical attention.
>Something to think about!
>
>
>
> Subject: Comparative risk analysis
>
> 1. Consider Doctors:
>
> (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
> (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
> (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
>
> Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.
>
> 2. Now Consider Guns:
>
> (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is
>80 million.
> (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year all age groups is
>1,500.
> (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
>
> 3. Conclusion: Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times
>more dangerous than gun owners.
>
> Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."
>
> 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 completely out of hand !!!!!
>
> Out of concern for the public at large, we have withheld the
>statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and
>seek medical attention.