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@Saucepain@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

Coin-cidence? Have cashless payments reduced the incidence of upper aerodigestive foreign body insertion? A study of UK Hospital Episode Statistics - PubMed

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Coin-cidence? Have cashless payments reduced the incidence of upper aerodigestive foreign body insertion? A study of UK Hospital Episode Statistics - PubMed

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@Saucepain@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago
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This study suggests a statistically significant decline in the number of procedures for removal of FB performed in the UK from 2012. Although this relationship is multifactorial, our data suggest an association between the introduction of contactless payments and a reduction in the number of FB retr …
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    Translation into regular human language:

    Credit cards have eliminated kids putting coins in their noses/mouths

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      deleted by creator

      • @Saucepain@lemmy.worldOP
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        E-LIM-INATE!

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          deleted by creator

        • @Geodad@lemm.ee
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          Burninate!

    • @Saucepain@lemmy.worldOP
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      Contactless payments more so than credit cards.

      • @arrakark@lemmy.ca
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        My bad,

        𝓕𝓪𝓷𝓬𝔂 cards have eliminated kids putting coins in their noses/mouths

        • @Saucepain@lemmy.worldOP
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          Don’t forget paying with phones and watches!

    • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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      Maybe I read it wrong, but it looks to me like getting rid of coins reduced all incidents of kids needing to go to the ER.

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