He and his assistant will sift through hundreds of thousands of medical charts to compare the two years before the flood with the time since. Hargreaves says the flood could have an effect on almost any aspect of health. For instance, some doctors claim they've operated on more hernias in the last year as a result of people mucking out their basements. But Heargraves stresses that the hernia issue, just like many others, is based on non-scientific observations. Anecdotal stuff you've got to remember is very dangerous.
Bad data is toxic.
You get mis-information. And that's the goal of the study. The survey's results will not be available for possibly another two years. Grand Forks Public Health Director, Don Shields says the finding will offer reassurance to people along the Red River. Well, I'm hoping that some of the anecdotal things that we have listed and talked about here.