Read an article today about why Americans think alcohol has health benefits and it's apparently another "well the French are healthy and they do X so it's healthy to do X."
So here's your periodic reminder that France (and Italy, and Sweden, and Japan, and basically every country you've seen in a "this country is so healthy, what's their secret?" headline) has universal health care.
The secret is access to health care. It's always access to health care.
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I hear 'women aren't really that into video games, so men tend to get really excited when they hear about one that loves it' (or similar statements). My reply is usually 'oh we're there, we just hide mostly'. Statistics show that close to half of gamers identify as women: https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/
Even at 40%, it's not 'a few'. At 25% it is significantly less, yes, and at 10% I could go along with 'a few' although that's still 1 in 10 (if it's a side-effect in medication, 1 in 10 is 'common').
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