From North Central Oklahoma Ostomy Outlook July-August 2011:

Safe Travel Tips

by Joseph Rundle, Aurora (IL) Ostomy Group; via Metro Maryland

With the terrorist alert on high and many concerned about safe travel at this difficult time, I thought I would offer you some useful tips:

• Do not ride in an automobile. Autos cause 20% of all fatal accidents.
   
• Do not stay at home. That is where 17% of all accidents occur.
   
• Do not walk across the street. Pedestrians are victims of over 14% of all accidents.
   
• Do not travel by air, rail or water. People have 16% of all accidental deaths because of these activities.

However, only 0.0001% of all fatal accidents occur at our local ostomy support association’s meetings. Moreover, virtually none of these happen during the business meetings. Obviously, the safest place to be is at your local ostomy association meeting. You’d better go to the next one, just to play it safe.

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