In article ,
Robin wrote:
It would of course help to know what station and at roughly what time so
we could check for ourselves exactly what was said and - crucially - by
whom.

In the meantime that seems a repeat of the claim last year on which

https://fullfact.org/health/food-poisoning-US-UK/

concluded

"These estimates are both correct based on government figures, but
they‘re not comparable due to differences in methodology and how the
data was collected."

Right. A margin of error. So perhaps 1 in 10 for the US versus 1 in 50 for
the UK?

By all means point out the way something is measured may effect the true
figures, especially where that also allows those who want to to ignore a
trend. But to have credence, you'd also have to say fully what the
differences are in how the figures are collected.

And given the US versus UK health systems, who is more likely to go to a
doctor for a minor case? Where that is free, or where you have to pay for
it?

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Dave Plowman London SW
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