If you went to the ER with pain in your abdomen, the ultrasound showed an inflamed appendix, the doc said...?

Question

it's 90% likely that it's appendicitis, his partner confirmed it. If they recommended immediate surgery to remove it before it busts;

Would you;

A) Get another opinion?

B) Wait until they could be 100% sure of the diagnosis?

C) Tell your kids that the diagnosis is junk science and not to worry about your possible death?

D) Have the surgery?

Lisa, thanks for stating the obvious.

Steelgrave; You base this opinion on what? Nothing I'm guessing.

Steelgrave; Please show me the link to the gallup poll of environmental scientists where 83% say anthropogenic global warming is not happening.

Also, show me the link that says there is no consensus of environmental scientists.

So Steelgrave, where's the gallup poll you mentioned? BTW, Inhofe is a denier who's on the fringe of his own party on this issue. He's not a scientist.

Anyway, none of your links had any firm data, they just refer to some unlinked poll. Where's the actual poll? Who did it? Is it by acceptable polling standars? Also, in any case from your second link I found this quote;
"59 percent respond that current climactic activity exceeding norms calibrated by over 100 years of weather data collection can be, in large part, attributed to human activity."

Answer 1

Conservatives would call it a hoax and a scam and deny that appendicitis exists. Any doctors trying to cure it would be criticized for some bs about trying to get grants to live on. Some idiots would be be put on Fox Noise without any credentials and would shout about this on Bill O'Really's and Sean Insanity's shows.

Answer 2

Doctors know infinately more about the appendix than your so-called experts know about the global environment, but nice try.

Its called independent research, you should try it some time. 83% of environmental scientists (according to the latest gallup poll) deny the existance of Anthropogenic Global Warming, but you should keep listening to the political organizations that say it exists (the IPCC, Al Gore, federal and state governments oh yeah and don't forget the geniuses in Hollywood 30 Rock is definately the expert in this area)

1) Recent climate changes on Earth lie well within the bounds of natural climate variability - even the New York Times concedes this. UN temperature data show that the late 20th century phase of global warming ended in 1998; new data for the Southern Hemisphere show that a slight cooling is underway there.
2) Almost all the current public fear of global warming is being driven by unproven and un-testable computer model fears of the future, which now even the UN concedes that the models do not account for half the variability in nature, and thus that their predictions are not reliable.
3) Debunking the "More CO2 = A Warmer World" simplicity. Scientists are reporting in the peer-reviewed literature that increasing CO2 in the atmosphere will not have the catastrophic impact doomsters have been predicting. In fact, climate experts are discovering that you cannot distinguish the impact of human-produced greenhouse gasses from natural climate variability.
4) A climate change "consensus" does not exist. Instead, the illusion that it does has been carefully manufactured for political, financial and ideological purposes.

Answer 3

I would have it removed. A burst appendix is incredibly painful and potentially fatal. A 90% chance that it is appendicitis is more than enough convincing. That is a 90% chance that I could in fact suffer an incredibly painful rupturing of my appendix while waiting for a second opinion. I am not using my appendix for anything and it is a fairly non invasive laproscopic procedure with minimal risk and recovery. It is better to err on the side of caution.

Answer 4

I've completely missed the point of this post can you explain what you are getting at.

Everyone would have surgery for an appendicitis as the operation is routine and with very little risk. On the other hand if it was a heart murmur and they wanted to do open heart surgery on me I would want to know more about it, if they are certain they know whats causing it and if there wasn't another way.

Answer 5

If you're getting at what I think you're getting at then I would say going to war is lightyears of different from appendicitus.

But you go ahead with that logic if it makes you feel good.

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If we're talking about the global environment, which it appears we are, then why is it bad to make these changes? I see where the analogy comes from in relation to that. Is it so wrong to be more responsible with the environment when there is clear evidence that at least something isn't right. I personally believe in the catastrophic future, but even if that isn't the case shouldn't we take steps to be better caretakers of the planet, knowing that we've been on a bad track? All you have to do is look at the horizon over Los Angeles (which is rated very low, but still not the worst for the sake of pollution) and see the smog to tell you that. What's wrong with being more responsible?

Answer 6

I would go on Y/A politics and seek a political solution to the problem, maybe even encourage people to vote for Hillary so i could get inferior but free medical care. Hope this helps you make an informed decision.

Answer 7

Since this is the politics section, the obvious answer is to blame Bush.

Answer 8

We all will answer with D, so what point are you getting at?

Answer 9

You Libs can call it a nonviable tissue mass and abort it. Hillbilly will be glad to tax the rest of us to pay for it.