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FYI, I know the rules say not to alter the headline, but you can use brackets or the like to provide necessary context or information.
I’ll save you a click because I hate clickbait headlines:
It’s medical errors.
Americans may pay more for healthcare but at least the quality is terrible.
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These headlines are why people are so dumb now. They see the headline and fill in the gaps: “Applesauce can kill you! (If injected into the blood stream)” OMG!? Did you see that article about applesauce!?
Blocked and downlemmied for clickbait-ass title.
Is it possible to have a “No Clickbait” rule?
Pretty please???
Would there be any articles left though? (assuming we are not allowed to edit headlines)
Yes, I know sites want all the clicks out there and I did note OP matched the CNBC headline as per the rules. Perhaps a better article exists with a less sensational headline? A brief search proves they do. Something like this:
Medical Errors Are No. 3 Cause Of U.S Deaths, Researchers Say
Or this:
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death’ and other statistics you should question
OP’s article is from 2018 and my links are from 2016 and 2023 respectively, so this isn’t exactly new news. Ultimately, OP should be sourcing a better publication that does not sensationalize the news, but I would embrace a ‘no clickbait’ rule to better cull them out, too.
#ME
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A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.
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Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.
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Advocates are fighting back, pushing for greater legislation for patient safety.
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Judging by the image, the third-leading cause of death in US most doctors don’t want you to know about is smug little children 😏
Yeah, that’s a load of crap. A 2020 meta analysis found that the numbers are 1/10 that, and 2/3 of those people are those who had less than 3 months to live. In other words, medical errors tend to “kill” people who are already dying, and the number of healthy people for whom medical errors are the primary cause of death are exceedingly low.
Reducing medical errors is important, but making up nonsense statistics to grab headlines is just going to fuel the anti-medicine rhetoric even further.
