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Comment Re:Some quantitative perspective (Score 2, Informative) 383

by adamdeprince on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @08:14PM (#29751693) Attached to: CT Scan "Reset Error" Gives 206 Patients Radiation Overdose

The expected dose for their treatment was 50 rads, and they received 300-400. http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm185898.htm. Trying to downplay their dose by comparing it to the therac-25 is a little bit like comparing virtue among whores. They were burned by their dose.

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