Facts Can Save Your Life
BY
KARI FOWLER & LUKE HARBERS
Tax Scams
 Daniel Bullock- California man
church going orthopedic surgeon
loses medical license because of a
sleazy tax-shelter promoter
 He got scammed thinking he found a
short cut in paying taxes.
 He did not look for evidence and solid
information before believing what he
thought was true
 What have we learned: Look for
evidence of the contrary.
The Grey Goose Effect
 Belief that high priced goods are better quality.
 Brand names really do not matter
 When something has a higher price people are more likely to buy it because they
think it is better
 Taste Test between Grey Goose Vodka and Smirnoff Vodka only 50% could tell
which was which. (Smirnoff is cheaper than Grey Goose Vodka.)
 Prices do not only deal with food though colleges are now making tuition similar to
Harvard’s and other ivy league schools and vacuums, prices have nothing to do
with quality!
 What have we learned: Finding generic brands of your favorite foods can save you
a lot of money. Just because something cost more doesn’t mean it’s better. You’re
really just paying for the brand name.
Selling False Hope
 Chuck Hysong diagnosed with bone cancer
 Scammed into taking Optimizer ENG-G
from a man who didn’t believe in modern
medicine and believed in “alternative”
medicine
 The man said he had a 100% cure rate of
cancer and it cost $5000
 After taking the alternative medicine his
symptoms got worse and his body fell apart
Selling False Hope Cont.
 Hysong was so desperate for a cure but
taking this risk only left him worse off. He
passed away 3 months later.
 People fell prey to quackery and medical
fraud because there are no cures for some of
their illnesses
 Scam artists like these are still very prevalent
in today’s society.
 What have we learned: Trust your doctor’s
advice, buying medicines from people that
are not doctors can be extremely dangerous.
What really Kills Women?
 Heart Disease is the number one killer of
women.
 People need to educate themselves on health
and need to check for more than just breast
cancer because heart disease is worse,
 There is so much promotion for breast cancer
because so many women are surviving from it.
What about heart disease?
 What have we learned: Taking the time to do
research on your own health is very important.
Don’t just believe something because you see it
all the time in the media.
Dangerous Ignorance
 Teenagers put their health at risk by engaging in sexual activity.
 Many teens get their facts wrong about sex, a group of ninth-graders thought
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you couldn’t contract any STDs from oral sex. That is completely false.
Why are teenagers getting involved in sex so early? Because they think
everyone else is doing it and they fall prey to peer pressure.
Studies have shown that not nearly as many teens are engaging in sexual
activity as the teens thought.
Male college students feel the need to drink large amounts of alcohol in college
because they feel it is expected of them.
What have we learned: Don’t put yourself in dangerous situations. Talk to
authority figures and peers if you feel pressure to do something. Just because
you hear gossip doesn’t mean its true.
Facts Change History
 Did you know? That
desegregationist whites were a big
majority in the South.
 But thought they were the minority.
 If they would have known otherwise
there might have not been so much
segregation and our country might
have been able to advance quicker as
a union.
 What have we learned: Many things
and circumstances can be change if
we stand up and speak out. Finding
out the facts can make a huge
difference for generations to come.
Fighting Words
 Getting people riled up about war
can cause major conflict.
 It is easy to convince people to go to
war when the facts are skewed.
 For example, the Spanish-American
War started after the assumption
that the Spanish sank The Maine.
The government got everybody to
point the finger at the Spanish
when the U.S really wasn’t sure who
did it.
 What we have learned: It is
important to get the facts before
making judgments.
A Military Duty to Lie
 All in all our history
might have been different
had the public known the
facts.
 War fever might well have
been lowered
 Leaders might have acted
differently
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