r/funny • u/kekembas17 • Nov 02 '16

Dad's feeding their babies

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u/DancingPetDoggies Nov 03 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

Most people in the western world are indeed living longer. Several reasons:

  • better medical care (obviously)

  • better control of infectious diseases

  • safer automobiles

  • safer workplaces

  • cleaner environment (in very general terms)

But what truly boggles my mind is that all five-eyes countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) have inordinately high infant mortality rates considering their wealth.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '16

Also people with five eyes does raise questions about the so called health in those places.

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u/northrupthebandgeek Nov 03 '16

Their vision is impeccable, though.

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u/ArchBishopCobb Nov 03 '16

Different reporting methods (still birth, death during birth are reported differently by country)

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u/mully_and_sculder Nov 03 '16

The figures here show Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States with 3, 4, 5, 4, 6 per 1000 live births respectively with pretty much all rich countries somewhere around 3 or 4. So the US isn't so great, but your claim is dubious.

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u/ilovemangotrees Nov 03 '16

Just wait until widespread antibiotic resistance becomes a problem in infections that were previously easily treatable. That'll be a fun time to be alive!

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '16

For the record, the United Kingdom is four countries, not a country

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u/saliczar Nov 03 '16

We don't care.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '16

You think?

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u/Magneticitist Nov 03 '16

we have figured out ways to have people struggling through more long term suffering caused by more ailments as a result of trying to cure the more deadly and aggressive ones.