Shortsightedness has become an epidemic

Re:Shortsightedness has become an epidemic by coffeeblack on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:18AM (#31712697)

If they killed that many people, how did they escape natural selection?

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Re:Shortsightedness has become an epidemic by lotsofpulp on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:21AM (#31712729)

If it happens after the person has a chance to raise offspring to a sufficient survival age, then it would not adversely affect natural selection.

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Re:Shortsightedness has become an epidemic by jen729w on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:29AM (#31712780)

They didn’t kill you. You needed them, after your second teeth - what we call your ‘adult teeth’ - had rotten and fallen out.

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Re:Shortsightedness has become an epidemic by wiseowise on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:20AM (#31712718)

Killed<>eradicated.

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