No, really, those statistics don't say what you claim.

So, one of two radio stations I listen to for traffic reports in the morning/evening (the more reliable as far as when they are) is a talk show station. The morning and afternoon shows are moderate, but some of the other shows and soundbites are – well, Dr. Laura, Rush Limbaugh, etc. I avoid them during those hours, as I do not like the style of delivery those people use. During the morning, they do run a short couple-minute spot segment each day called the Huckabee Report, by you guessed it, Mike Huckabee. Sometimes it is interesting or informative. Sometimes it’s infuriating.
 
Sometimes it’s stupid. This morning it was stupid. Specifically, he stated that if you don’t want to catch salmonella, you should avoid salsa, because one in twenty-five salmonella outbreaks in the last (some period of years, I forget how long) were caused by salsa, and salmonella has been found in tomatoes, peppers, etc. And because it may not have been refrigerated properly. He then said that the Texans would probably keep eating their salsa despite the one in twenty-five risk of salmonella.
 
Why the dig at Texans? And ignoring that, 1/25 of outbreaks being caused by salsa does not remotely translate to a 1/25 chance that any given serving of salsa will give you salmonella.
 
Augh. Fear-mongering is bad. This fear-mongering is also incompetent.

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