Re: Gene Weingarten on Kevin Trudeau, email him at weingarten@washpost.com

Tell it to the people who died taking vioxx, or the other drug deaths.

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S.is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.
(Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services)

Now think about this:

Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S.is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80
million.)
(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.

(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%.
(Statistics courtesy of FBI)

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than
gun owners.

Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

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