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GeorgeBMac
Dr. Nissen also calculated the figures for a healthy white man, age 60, and also got a risk factor of 7.5 percent.
“Something is terribly wrong,” Dr. Nissen said. Using the calculator’s results, he said, “your average healthy Joe gets treated, virtually every African-American man over 65 gets treated.”
You're being naive if you think this is the practice of medicine. The calculator assumes practically everyone 'needs' this medicine at just about the same age that the government starts paying for it. This is nothing more than marketing.