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« Last post by 230RN on Today at 08:04:54 PM »
Counterpoint.
Another example of negative publicity disrupting good sense. While I always look askance at MSM and government output, I figure the public relations effect of one highly-publicised death or other negative effect of something will counteract the unsung benefits to thousands.
Hey! We see the same bullshit having the same psychological effects in gun "violence." You think noise is made about the thousands of beneficial uses of firearms? Noooooo, you don't, and the effect is that there is an outcry for meaningless gun control.
Wake up, dammit. No medical treatment is without risk and I, me, myself, would rather work with the real statistical risk (n out of X die, m out of X get ill) than the "if it bleeds it leads" (so to speak) publicity.
I'd rather operate on the X minus n and X minus m numbers than just the n and the m quantities.
Sorry, naysayers, but I'm naysaying it in the opposite direction and I ain't takin' it back. Be realistic, not just another "if it bleeds it leads" dupe, just like the majority of anti-gunners are.
Terry, 230RN