When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store

Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by therealdrag0 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @10:51AM (#24980701)

<40 is “life expectancy AT BIRTH”, that is not the adult life expectancy which is much higher.

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Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by nkrisc on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @11:36AM (#24981168)

Exact value is irrelevant considering I'm talking about a span of hundreds of thousands of years across every human population alive during that time. The point is, and I feel confident saying it, that current life expectancy (at any stage) is higher now than at nearly any time in the distant past.

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Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @01:13PM (#24982278)

We have better medical care for sure. I doubt our diet or lifestyle are healthier, other than that.

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