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parpol , 2 months ago Even looking at it from a statistical perspective, these are low chances. Let's do the numbers. Suicide rate is 14 / 100,000 (0.00014). Deaths from MRSA in the US in 2017 was 20,000 / 325,100,000 (0.000062). The chance of either happening to one person is 0.000202 (0.02%). The chance of it happening to 2/12 whistleblowers in the same year is: 1-((1−(14÷100,000))×(1−(20,000÷325,100,000)))^6 = 0.00120845658 (0.12%), 1 out of 826 cases with 12 whistleblowers would have this outcome.
Even looking at it from a statistical perspective, these are low chances.
Let's do the numbers.
Suicide rate is 14 / 100,000 (0.00014).
Deaths from MRSA in the US in 2017 was 20,000 / 325,100,000 (0.000062).
The chance of either happening to one person is 0.000202 (0.02%). The chance of it happening to 2/12 whistleblowers in the same year is:
1-((1−(14÷100,000))×(1−(20,000÷325,100,000)))^6 =
0.00120845658 (0.12%),
1 out of 826 cases with 12 whistleblowers would have this outcome.