| I had an interesting conversation regarding the housing | | | | accidents on the roads. Bad accidents happen when |
| markets effect on a seemingly non-related industry... | | | | roads are being used to their full capacity and with the |
| the medical industry, specifically high tech surgical and | | | | general public driving less due to the current |
| hospital supplies. | | | | economical crises, our roads are actually safer and the |
| Most would claim the medical industry may be | | | | number of deadly accidents has declined. |
| somewhat immune to the current economical crisis. | | | | The one benefit to the current economical woes is |
| That people will get sick and need medical attention. | | | | that we are not being injured as often. Life threatening |
| That factor might not be what makes medical industry | | | | vehicle accidents on our apparently insufficient |
| professionals and corporations the greater portion of | | | | highway system is down, therefore, the continuous |
| their profits after all. It is a fact that when the housing | | | | need for major life saving surgeries, hospitalization and |
| market takes a dive, so goes the number of injuries | | | | expensive medical / surgical supplies and technologies |
| and in-turn surgeries and hospitalization. For instance, | | | | is down. |
| take the Florida housing industry and also the Florida | | | | The real estate boom was actually a huge factor in |
| medical industry... when homes are not being built and | | | | the expansion we have seen in medical industry over |
| roads are not being developed or maintained, there are | | | | the past decade. Medical supply sales, medication TV |
| less onsite construction injuries (an obvious one). | | | | advertisements and the huge branding campaigns |
| Nevertheless, due to the decreasing number of | | | | where all funded by the income generated by the |
| construction projects throughout the country, there are | | | | higher number of construction related injuries and road |
| less construction materials being transported daily on | | | | accidents. |
| our highways and roads, therefore, there are less | | | | |