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Y2K Bug Blamed For Miscalculated Down Syndrome Risk

Posted by timothy on from the when-numbers-lie dept.

Albanach writes: "The BBC are reporting in this story that the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, England is blaming the Millennium Bug for getting wrong 150 tests for Down Syndrome with four mothers going on to give birth to affected children." The article actually idicates that four women were pregnant with Down Syndrome babies, and that two of them brought the pregnancies to term.

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  1. Re:The Calendar says 2001--but it seems to be 1984 by mjh · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If there were a moderation option "Banned: -1000", I would have used it on you.

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  2. Re:The Calendar says 2001--but it seems to be 1984 by Inthewire · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The article explicitly states that the issue is the mothers not getting the best information for her range of options
    Really? So what? The Taliban leadership has explicitly stated that Mr. bin Ladin doesn't have the capability to crash airliners into buildings.
    The hijacker explicitly stated the crew would not be harmed.
    Saying "this is not what I think" does not make it so.

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