Mark Wadsworth: Wouldn't the risk be zero?

Monday, 15 June 2009

Headline from the BBC:

Flu risk 'still low' after death

manwiddicombe said...: Are you spying on me? I had that exact conversation at lunchtime today!!!!; 15 June 2009 at 15:52
Bill Quango MP said...: Very cheap holidays to Cancun.50% off at least.

About 98% of people who get infected will recover fully without any hospital treatment..

If you were a prudent and a betting sort of man...; 15 June 2009 at 21:35
Macheath said...: The BBC has obviously been talking to the GP from my weekend post - the one who missed a cancer for 2 years because the patient 'didn't fit the profile'.

Her justification? 'More than 95% of patients with this cancer are obese; you aren't, so the chances of it being cancer were less than 5%.'

A medic friend tells me her training included one single lecture on statistical analysis and no check that students attended or understood it.

At least one GP obviously didn't.; 16 June 2009 at 09:34

Monday, 15 June 2009