[rKarpinski]

"Globally, Abbott has received reports of 736 severe adverse events (57 in the U.S.) and seven deaths (none in the U.S.) potentially associated with this issue."[1]

[1] https://abbott.mediaroom.com/press-releases?item=124718

[Aurornis]

Thanks. That’s very different than the headline claim that the issue killed 7 patients. The “associated with” is a broad term in cases like this that means the device may have been used at the time, not that the bug specifically caused the death.

[wccrawford]

It's worse than that. "potentially associated with". That's a far stretch from "killed".