426 - Medical Errors & COVID: Lessons In Hubris

We've all heard medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death. An exchange online with a doctor led me to an interesting discovery but also confirmed my perspective that modern medicine has a problem.

S H O W N O T E S

Medscape: https://web.archive.org/web/20191206135256/https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/917696

McGill: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health/medical-error-not-third-leading-cause-death

Politics and Prose (Dr. Leana Wen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEU9gAqmUZ4

AAMC: https://www.aamc.org/news/how-are-covid-19-deaths-counted-it-s-complicated

Washington Post: https://web.archive.org/web/20230523204743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/13/covid-pandemic-deaths-hospitalizations-overcounting/

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