Once again I have been faced with explaining that a 3% death rate does equal a 97% survival rate. Often cancer patients are given numbers which they do not understand and they focus on the bad part.
First of all, you are not a number, you are a human being.
Second, numbers are generalizations.
Third, numbers should be ignored.
Finally, if you must look at numbers look at the positive side of them. Its not a 5% death rate, its a 95% survival rate. That sounds much better.
Sheesh....
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