| > it's just something else that we can't detect What? We’re fat, stressed, eating terribly and not able to afford our doctors enough. FTFA: “Nearly half of newly diagnosed cancers in the U.S.—42 percent, according to ACS researchers—are avoidable with a combination of prevention measures, such as eating a healthy diet and maintaining a healthy body weight.” It’s unfortunately more acceptable to let a family member ramble in the corner about glyphosphate than to tell them to get on a treadmill and/or take Ozempic. (Which may be the right answer. Perhaps the damage, physically and educationally, is already done. I don’t know.) > with each generation following the Baby Boomers seeing higher mortality Not true among the educated [1]. (An effect that persists even after adjusting for income.) The entire decline you cite is among people who don’t have a college degree. [1] https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/03/17/educated... |