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b_b  ·  1427 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Black American Amputation Epidemic

I haven't read this yet, but I will. Just want to chime in and say that I see probably 3-5 people per week who have freshly amputated limbs in the lobby of the hospital I work in. It's insane. I may or may not have more to say after reading, but it's just a strange thing that I never encountered before working in an inner city hospital (you think of amputations being like a Civil War thing), but now it's so commonplace I barely notice.





OftenBen  ·  1427 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Similar situation at my facility. Or at least it was the case the last time I was there regularly.

ButterflyEffect  ·  1427 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would love to hear your thoughts and I want to ping ghostoffuffle too on this one.

Understanding that correlation =/= causation...

dublinben  ·  1426 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The correlation shown by those maps is enough to catch your attention to the problem. The causation is well explained by the article.