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re: Are we really living longer than people in the past?
Posted on 11/13/22 at 7:09 pm to weagle99
Posted on 11/13/22 at 7:09 pm to weagle99
Yellow fever. Malaria. Polio. Widespread smoking. Excessive drinking (usually alcohol was cleaner than water). Extremely grueling manual jobs that exposed you to risk of injury/death and long term disabilities. No antibiotics. No hand washing. Wars.
Living past 40 was a big deal for many centuries.
We only had the challenge of taking care of a large number of elderly just recently (social security, pensions, elder-specific healthcare). Talking just this past century.
Living past 40 was a big deal for many centuries.
We only had the challenge of taking care of a large number of elderly just recently (social security, pensions, elder-specific healthcare). Talking just this past century.
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Posted on 11/13/22 at 10:51 pm to TDFreak
Yep. The substantial peacetime life-expectancy increases have been sanitation, germ theory and major infant/mother mortality improvements.
The obesity/cardiovascular/metabolic disease pandemic, plus suicide and opioids have us going in the wrong direction now. Not to mention their effects on healthspan.
The obesity/cardiovascular/metabolic disease pandemic, plus suicide and opioids have us going in the wrong direction now. Not to mention their effects on healthspan.
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