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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHelp! I need a statistic to refute a butt-head!
Any idea how many people receive medical care in the US in a given year? Multiple treatments of the same person count as multiple people in this formulation.
Does the CDC document this? I defer to a DUer more med-info savvy than I.
Thanks!
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Help! I need a statistic to refute a butt-head! (Original Post)
Orrex
Jan 2013
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Yet they love to post dubious stats that seem to support their propaganda. Curious!
Orrex
Jan 2013
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Orrex
(63,212 posts)1. Never mind--found it!
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)2. Butt heads don't listen to statistics. nt
Orrex
(63,212 posts)3. Yet they love to post dubious stats that seem to support their propaganda. Curious!
This one was a meme-pic about the relative number of assault rifle deaths versus malpractice deaths annually.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)4. That is what they are. Don't let that prevent you from hitting them with facts or challenging their
claims. I love to challenge their bullshit and watch them collapse into a fucking delusional dream thought process.
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)5. They will ignore your facts and change the subject to another issue...
until your facts on that issue make them switch to another issue. It is so fucking predictable.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)6. Agreed
They tend to never let the issue be confused with the facts.