Wow. A correlation around the standard deviation would be one thing, but a 50% improvement in mortality at higher BACs is pretty convincing. I wonder whether the protective benefit occurs at the moment of trauma, or afterwards (or posibly both?).
There was something we could have learned from watching all those John Wayne westerns “Better take a swig of this here whiskey before I take that bullet out of your leg.”
It’s always the sober people who get killed in the crashes.
The drunks ones seem to live. Those who survive don’t remember the crash, so they don’t live the rest of their lives with guilt and horrible memories of the crash.
A perverted sense of justice that God has laid down upon us.
More would survive and live without injury if the drunks would stay off the road altogether! Who cares that they have a better chance of surviving an injury that was more than likely caused by their own drunkenness???
The story is not about drunk drivers. It’s about any traumatic injury however caused. And we care, because it could lead to new treatments that will increase the chance of survival and recovery for other people.
If you couple this study with the law they are trying to pass in Alabama about bringing guns to work we would have to legalize drinking at work to have a better chance of surviving a co-worker who starts shooting.
How many died before they got there?
I am putting a bottle of booze in my car today just in case. I wonder who funded this study?
My guess would be MADD or similar organization. Sometimes the studies don’t yield the desired results.
Wow. A correlation around the standard deviation would be one thing, but a 50% improvement in mortality at higher BACs is pretty convincing. I wonder whether the protective benefit occurs at the moment of trauma, or afterwards (or posibly both?).
There was something we could have learned from watching all those John Wayne westerns “Better take a swig of this here whiskey before I take that bullet out of your leg.”
If you get hurt, forget the ER. Drag yourself to the nearest bar.
Here’s an oddity. I agree with Libby!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Alcohol – the great matchmaker. I love you, Man!
We needed a study to tell us this?
It’s always the sober people who get killed in the crashes.
The drunks ones seem to live. Those who survive don’t remember the crash, so they don’t live the rest of their lives with guilt and horrible memories of the crash.
A perverted sense of justice that God has laid down upon us.
Where in this story did it state the study was based on drinking and driving?
It didn’t.
Perhaps this explains why some drunks survive auto accidents while the victims they hit do not.
Quit drinking 20 years ago, now I am rethinking my position! :)
More would survive and live without injury if the drunks would stay off the road altogether! Who cares that they have a better chance of surviving an injury that was more than likely caused by their own drunkenness???
The story is not about drunk drivers. It’s about any traumatic injury however caused. And we care, because it could lead to new treatments that will increase the chance of survival and recovery for other people.
Stop the hate.
If you couple this study with the law they are trying to pass in Alabama about bringing guns to work we would have to legalize drinking at work to have a better chance of surviving a co-worker who starts shooting.
You work at the Post Office?