1 xray isn't harmful, 1000 xrays are. The staff are there for many 1000s of xrays each every year.
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There's a big difference if you're shooting x-rays on patients 8 hours per day, 2000 hours per year, vs. going in and getting one X-ray every once in a while.
So it depends on how much you're exposed?
Yes
Caregivers generally keep track of how much radiation patients get, and even those limits are quite conservative/safe. And like others said, it’s very much one of those things where "a little is like standing out in the sun, a thousand times that is not."
Modern X-ray machines give much smaller doses (for the same type of scan) than older ones.
I have a retired radiologist in the family, and the lead aprons and other protective things were hard on their back (among other things). They're still dealing with it. And yet, family still worried about how much radiation they were exposed to. So… yeah, I have some respect for that job hazard.
Additionally a patient may get at most a few doses per year whereas the practitioner is potentially giving X-rays many times a day.
I bet all the people here ignoring the funny to give the same explanation feel very smart today
Honestly with how prevalent misinformation is these days I’m glad it’s the top comment
Most of it is we see this so often it isn't really funny anymore, plus recent trends have lowered our faith that someone is making a tired and actually knows that the joke is wrong. It's really better to explain things just in case.
Don't ask hospitals what a CT Scan is.