A Don Surber level of stupid is very low indeed

by: Carnacki

Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 13:06:45 PM EDT

But Surber might want to know these alarming statistics before he spouts off in blind defense about coal-burning electric plants in West Virginia:

A quick look at asthma statistics in West Virginia shows the great need
for such an effort :

--  Approximately 8.5 percent of West Virginians currently have asthma. This equals approximately 123,000 adults and 31,000 children. (WVDHHR, The Burden of Asthma in West Virginia, 2007)

--  West Virginia children had the fourth highest prevalence of asthma in the nation in 2003. (ALA, Asthma in Children Fact Sheet, August 2006)

--  West Virginia adults aged 65 and older had the third highest rate of asthma in the nation in 2006. (West Virginia Health Care Authority, UB-92 data)

--  19.4 percent of adults with asthma visited an emergency room or urgent care center because of their asthma in the past year. (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

Since Surber shows so little regard for the health of his own children, he'll probably disregard these inconvenient facts, too.