tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post8870839746462126574..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The cowardice of public healthChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-16644712068184953692012-01-23T20:34:26.578+00:002012-01-23T20:34:26.578+00:00This crap is just a cover-up of their own hazards....This crap is just a cover-up of their own hazards.<br /><br />In America being a patient in a hospital/nursing home is about 3.7 times more deadly than smoking.<br /> <br />There are about 35 million hospital admissions per year and about 1.5 million nursing home patients for a total of 36.5 million people receiving hospital/nursing home care.<br /> <br />Iatrogenic =induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures <br /> <br />584,136 of those people will die from an iatrogenic death.<br /> <br />The iatrogenic death rate for patients admitted into hospitals or treated by doctors in hospitals is about 160/10,000.<br /> <br />393,000 smoking 'caused' deaths per year per 91 million ever smokers is a rate of 43/10,000.<br /> <br /> <br />http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mar2004_awsi_death_02.htm<br /><br />Don't trust health care!!!<br /><br />Gary K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-66131259709255251962012-01-23T14:17:05.730+00:002012-01-23T14:17:05.730+00:00"The government should ... make effective leg..."The government should ... make effective legislation the cornerstone of their public health strategy"<br /><br />In as much as they have any place in 'public health' then yes, effective legislation should be sought, however, having already proven beyond a reasonable doubt that additional taxation and/or prohibition along with other restrictions on sale or use are ineffective forms of legislation, that does leave the tobacco control lot in a rather awkward position.<br /><br />Maybe they'll have better luck with plain packaging and banning of displays.SteveWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-90431122589089046102012-01-23T12:30:57.990+00:002012-01-23T12:30:57.990+00:00Public Health people tend to be far more certain a...Public Health people tend to be far more certain about the science than the evidence warrants. I suppose the great exception is smoking i.e. active smoking. But then the public already knows that the evidence on that is as good as we're going to get, and whatever% puffs on regardless.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-73106228496879595442012-01-23T02:50:16.297+00:002012-01-23T02:50:16.297+00:00Meanwhile in Australia, Public Health has just dec...Meanwhile in Australia, Public Health has just declared that they want to wipe out smoking within 15 years, and have presented a "plan" to the government:<br /><br />http://www.news.com.au/national/all-out-war-on-smoking/story-e6frfkvr-1226249928381Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-91260158047498707402012-01-23T00:31:11.161+00:002012-01-23T00:31:11.161+00:00The more noise doctors are required to provide, th...The more noise doctors are required to provide, the less able patients will be to pull signal out of the mess of recommendations at the visit.<br />Ugh.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.com