Polite Dissent

A Little Medical Snark

October 28th, 2004

Filed under: Medicine

“Doctor: Arafat Has Blood Platelet Deficiency” screams the CNN.com headline. Blood platelets? What other kinds of platelets are there? All platelets are blood platelets. That’s like saying someone has a “deficiency of blood red blood cells.” Sheesh!

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