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[astrofinch]

Isn't G.I. bleeding grounds for a trip to the emergency room?

This seems like a bigger risk than dying in a car accident by a decently large margin.

[kijiki → astrofinch]

1/833 of having the bleeding, _not_ fatal bleeding. Compared to 1/83 lifetime risk of dying in a car accident. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/how-scared-should-w...

People (all of us, I'm not picking on you) are terrible at relative risks.

[gwillen → kijiki]

Er, that 1/833 is not a lifetime risk though, it's a yearly risk. So more like 1/10 lifetime risk of a GI bleed. Which is not great, but it depends on how often they're fatal I guess.