How many of yall would be dead already

Most of that gain is in infant and child mortality. If you made it past adolescence you had a decent chance of living to old age.

35-40 would make a crappy marriage more tolerable

I’d like to see that for people who made it past 20.

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Most of that gain is in infant and child mortality. If you made it past adolescence you had a decent chance of living to old age.

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True. But how many of us would have made it past adolescence?

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True. But how many of us would have made it past adolescence?

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My sister had pneumonia as a child. She would have been a goner for sure.

frick…I may not wake up.

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My sister had pneumonia as a child. She would have been a goner for sure.

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How many of us had jaundice? Half of us probably effortlessly survived “small” complications not even impactful enough for our mothers to tell us about, that would have killed us.

Essentially we wouldn’t have died at 40. But a lot of us would definitely have brought the average down to that

Then there's the quality of life stuff we take for granted. If you tore an ACL you were just crippled. If you broke an arm or leg it probably got amputated. If you developed cataracts you went blind.

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How many of us had jaundice?

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Technically, I still have it. (I have Gilbert's syndrome...)

Same, have to reassure the blood work folks a few over the normal range is the norm for me.