Anecdotes

In recent days, there has been an uptick in the number of arguments made by anecdote.  This always seems to occur whenever Canada comes into play.  It’s frustrating.  So I’m going to repeat a rule from my old blog:

No anecdotes.  Please don’t tell me about Janine, your friend’s hairdresser’s cousin’s wife who had to wait for a gallbladder operation in Canada.  I don’t make decisions about the health care policy of The United States based on Janine; moreover, I don’t believe she exists.

Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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