At 06:35 PM 7/19/01, John D. Giorgis wrote:
>I can't help but pass along this statistic:
>
>There are approximately 700,000 doctors in the United
>States. According to a National Academy of Sciences
>study, 98,000 patients die each year in this country
>due to medical accidents.
>
>There are 200 million guns in America - 70 million of
>which are handguns. According the Center for Disease
>Control, about 1000 Americans die from gun accidents.
>
>-Source: Zogby.com
So maybe socialized medicine is a good thing after all because it imposes
mandatory waiting periods on seeing a doctor . . .
;-)
--Ronn! :)
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