tell me why this is a land of confusion

[susangc7]

From Slate: "The crucial health stat you've never heard of"Capsule Summary: If you give people different statistics about an intervention's effectiveness, they perceive the risk differently. Presumably, they also behave differently, but that's not addressed in this article

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[iq5203]

Wouldn't want to appear to be discouraging something that might potentially help a patient... That's why as a medic, I'd put someone through highly nasty, uncomfortable backboarding, just on the slim to none chance they might have a spinal injury...