Mastodawn

An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) https://kottke.org/25/12/an-astonishing-graph

An Astonishing Graph

For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.

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Paul Schoe Dec 3

You are right, an astonishing graph about how child mortality dropped.

But in the USA they will now reverse the trend. As the article says: child mortality is now such an 'uncommon experience that people have forgotten and want to ban vaccines.'

The USA will see many more children and parents suffering.

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Chuckles

@paulschoe @kottke don't think that infant mortality will be contained in the US. People travel and take diseases with them, and two of those diseases are superstition and ignorance.