• ped_xing [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Still inaccurate – 1.7% of GSW patients are there for GSW to the penis (GSWP). By only considering patients, there’s a bias against GSWs where treatment was not sought. If a bullet grazes my shoulder while I was doing something I don’t want known to everybody, I might try to treat it at home. GSWP? I’m going to see a doctor, a real doctor, not somebody’s cousin who almost finished nursing training, an actual doctor, so the second wound ends up in the numerator and denominator while the first contributes to neither.