Re:The Ultimate Guide to Inflation
by woofie11 on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:20AM
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There was a random process. Plenty of people lived to be 90, and plenty of people died at birth.
The difference was that a random cut could turn into an infection and kill you. Hannibal lost vision in one eye due to an infection. Prior to antibiotics, you never knew if an infection would:
- Pass;
- Disable you; or
- Kill you
Same thing for a lot of other medical issues, as well as non-medical ones (such as a famine, bandits, or a random army passing through).
The difference was that a random cut could turn into an infection and kill you. Hannibal lost vision in one eye due to an infection. Prior to antibiotics, you never knew if an infection would:
- Pass;
- Disable you; or
- Kill you
Same thing for a lot of other medical issues, as well as non-medical ones (such as a famine, bandits, or a random army passing through).