such a sad story

[dellinger63]

To give some perspective.

The chance of a student being shot and killed at school in a given year.

The average risk of a particular US student being shot and killed at school in any given year is as follows:

Student of any age: 1 in 15 million
K-8 Student: 1 in 18 million
9-12 Student: 1 in 10.6 million

http://www.psychlawjournal.com/2013/...-part-iii.html

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

To give some perspective.

The chance of a student being shot and killed at school in a given year.



http://www.psychlawjournal.com/2013/...-part-iii.html

I'm sure we all worry about disturbed teenagers carrying concealed tonsillectomies into schools.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I'm sure we all worry about disturbed teenagers carrying concealed tonsillectomies into schools.

Is the worry of something that is a 1 in 15 million chance of occurring logical?

More important is the crazy expense and efforts trying to lesson those odds worth it?

Bottom line, the chance of dying during a tonsillectomy is 1,000 times greater than the chance of dying in a school shooting, yet because of the constant barrage by the media, you'd think it would be the other way around.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Is the worry of something that is a 1 in 15 million chance of occurring logical?

More important is the crazy expense and efforts trying to lesson those odds worth it?

Bottom line, the chance of dying during a tonsillectomy is 1,000 times greater than the chance of dying in a school shooting, yet because of the constant barrage by the media, you'd think it would be the other way around.

What does this have to do with the risk of tonsillectomies? Because once again:

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

What does this have to do with the risk of tonsillectomies? Because once again:]

Very first post of this thread was

i had never heard of such a thing after a tonsillectomy.

Simply trying to give some perspective.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Very first post of this thread was



Simply trying to give some perspective.

Perspective on what?

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Perspective on what?

The risk of your child dying from a tonsillectomy being 1,000 times greater than the risk of being shot and killed at school over a year's time.

The parents who are worried sending their children to school for fear of being shot and killed should be 'frantic' if their child ever needs a tonsillectomy.