Agree...
Everyone likes to shoot from the hip with what they've heard. This isn't the kind of decision you can make in five minutes (preaching to the choir, aren't I?), yet people think their "five minute best guess" is what you need to hear.
A lot of it is "availability bias" - everyone weighs the "available" stories over the "actual" stories; Problem is, the bad/rare/unusual stories are the most available ones. (Highly Recommend: Your Medical Mind, by Jerome Groopman)
Most planes land safely - but which ones do you hear about on the news?
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32 Years Old
C5-C6: Disc bulge, bone spurs, mild cord compression; Arm/Shoulder Pain, both sides.
L5-S1: Mild disc bulge, managed with physical therapy
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