>hospital runs out of saline
>I'm tasked with making more and QUICKLY
>google the recipe
>interpret 0.9 as 90% because you don't notice the percent sign
>try to make a solution of 90 parts sodium to 10 parts water
>obviously it is not even liquid
>think that wikipedia was probably wrong and it's actually 10 parts sodium to 90 parts water
>proceed to make huge amounts of this solution
>fast forward today
>realize that saline is 0.9%, not 10% sodium
H-how fucked are the patients?
>I'm tasked with making more and QUICKLY
>google the recipe
>interpret 0.9 as 90% because you don't notice the percent sign
>try to make a solution of 90 parts sodium to 10 parts water
>obviously it is not even liquid
>think that wikipedia was probably wrong and it's actually 10 parts sodium to 90 parts water
>proceed to make huge amounts of this solution
>fast forward today
>realize that saline is 0.9%, not 10% sodium
H-how fucked are the patients?
