Statistics prove prescription drugs are 16,400% more deadly than terrorists

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  1. Angel_Headed_Hipster

    Angel_Headed_Hipster Senior Member

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    "America was rudely awakened to a new kind of danger on September 11, 2001: Terrorism. The attacks that day left 2,996 people dead, including the passengers on the four commercial airliners that were used as weapons. Many feel it was the most tragic day in U.S. history.



    Four commercial jets crashed that day. But what if six jumbo jets crashed every day in the United States, claiming the lives of 783,936 people every year? That would certainly qualify as a massive tragedy, wouldn't it? Well, forget "what if." The tragedy is happening right now. Over 750,000 people actually do die in the United States every year, although not from plane crashes. They die from something far more common and rarely perceived by the public as dangerous: modern medicine."

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  2. cadcruzer

    cadcruzer Sailing the 8 seas

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    so the next time your sick dont take a pill eat a terrorist! wow! now i wonder how deadly a terrorist on prescrition drugs could be ?.....................
     
  3. Angel_Headed_Hipster

    Angel_Headed_Hipster Senior Member

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    I didn't post this to say that people shouldn't take medicine, I posted it to show people that there are HUNDREDS of bigger threats than terrorism, everyone thinks there is this MASSIVE terrorist threat in the world when you have more of a chance of being killed by taking prescription medicine, shouldn't that be looked itno and investigated JUST AS MUCH as terrorism? If it in fact kills more people a year, but of course not because big Pharm covers it up...
     
  4. Mellow Yellow

    Mellow Yellow Electrical Banana

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    That doesn't surprise me, modern medicine has become a big business these days, the prime motivation being the bottom line: making money. Unfortunately, this often conflicts with the well-being of the folks receiving medical treatment. I do my best to avoid medical intervention, except when it's necessary, like when holistic methods won't do the trick.
     
  5. PurpleGel

    PurpleGel Senior Member

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    western medicine has its rightful niche and that niche involves surgically reattaching severed limbs, not prescribing drugs for every aspect of life.

    the good news is that 10,000 year old eastern treatments are finally starting to become more popular in the western world...
     
  6. jim_w

    jim_w Member

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    That's a moronic abuse of statistics. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
     
  7. Angel_Headed_Hipster

    Angel_Headed_Hipster Senior Member

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    Haha, why do I clearly have no idea what I am talking about?
     
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