Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-09-27 04:49:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B1E9B0CD5AFBFAA557BDF88B4E6EC85D772E5FF625E7B3BD9A227D4CF9A7C30
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Original Note:
That doctors are the 3rd leading cause of death is a common myth perpetuated by one debunked paper. The authors made a series of questionable estimates and assumptions coming to their conclusions, and they showed no meaningful methodology for their work to be replicated. https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139/rr-54 https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health/medical-error-not-third-leading-cause-death https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/07/medical-errors-are-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-and-other-statistics-you-should-question/
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