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3. I like Snopes' conclusion.
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:30 AM
Aug 2015
As of March 2015, there was an estimated range of 897,000 to just over 1,000,000 doctors in the United States, and per every 100,000 people (of all vocations) each year, approximately 821 die. Going by those numbers alone, between 6,500 and 8,200 medical doctors will statistically die of myriad causes in any given year. Each month approximately 700 doctors would die (based upon the number of American doctors and the number of overall deaths), thirteen of whom could be expected to live in Florida before accounting for rate fluctuations based on whether a state (like Florida) is exceptionally populous. As such, six to eight deaths is well within the realm of expected doctor deaths.

Read more at http://m.snopes.com/2015/07/21/five-holistic-doctors-dead/#5dByrKuOcErFbs9u.99

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