Well people are often not given informed information about the numbers
needed to harm the editorial in the bmj about two weeks ago
highlights the fact that many breast cancers get picked up by
screening would either have never caused death and result in
unecessary surgery or despite being found one dies despite treatment.
Andy
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On 30 Jul 2009, at 17:02, Jel Coward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Coats Tim - Professor of Emergency Medicine wrote:
>> At a recent national meeting there seemed to be a lot of anecdotes
>> about severe bacterial sepsis in young people being misdiagnosed as
>> flu, with subsequent poor outcomes due to delayed management. Maybe
>> this is inevitable given the hype around flu, but i think that
>> there is an important cautionalry tale here for all involved in the
>> assessment of these patients.
>> Tim.
> Following all this with interest. Wouldn't it be a great thing to
> study - how many folks who don't have flu are harmed by the public
> health/govt/medical advice about flu.......and to compare that with
> mortality/morbidity of the flu itself.
>
>
> ........it might turn out that we should all just keep quiet about
> flu!
>
>
> Cheers all
>
> Jel
> (from a not quite flu free little town in BC)
>
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