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What's a true fact that is so misleading it's borderline misinformation? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by 6mementomori@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

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[–] blakeashleyjr@programming.dev 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You are much more likely to die in a hospital than anywhere else.

[–] atheos@lemmy.atheos.org 28 points 1 year ago

Wait until you hear the fatality rate for hospice residents

[–] Gangreless@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I don't think this one is true, unless you mean it a different way than I'm interpreting it.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmc1911892#:~:text=In%202003%2C%20a%20total%20of,%25)%20to%20534%2C714%20(20.8%25).

(This is the US)