They used this technique to instil a fear of cholesterol, and then they kept lowering the threshold for statin prescription.
How to lie with statistics.
https://blossom.primal.net/c9b6ca9536bb6fb03068d6caaa64d6e62c02eaac74b91f9044eee027ce04588f.mp4
Discussion
wonder if most docs prescribing think about this? my guess is for most they're just so flat out trying to keep up with everything workwise they don't have time. too busy being ground to dust in the system
so they just prescribe because that's what you do
Stats needs to be mandatory in educational curriculum.
Not to mention "number needed to treat" https://youtu.be/7lSi87IFpIs
Instilling fear of cholesterol is like instilling fear of white blood cells.