News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Horrifying numbers of Americans will not make it to old age by grecy on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:49PM (#36978126)
I'm not sure if it occurs to you, but exactly the same statement applies to every country on earth.

"If you ignore the really bad cases, the average is fine".

Australia accepts more immigrants per capita than any other country on earth - so it's extremely diverse, and remote. Why are the health outcomes in Australia AT LEAST 10x better than the US?

Re:Horrifying numbers of Americans will not make it to old age by nemo44x on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:39PM (#36978780)
Nah you’re blinded by the stats again. Americans are wildly different than everywhere else and far more diverse. Americans distrust of and hostility towards authority is unparalleled.

The number of kids with no vaccines has quadrupled since 2000 in America and millions of people, either through religion or otherwise refuse medical services. This is completely unlike other western countries. Australia’s diversity is nothing like America and nowhere like the scale. I’ve spent considerable time in both countries and Australia is nothing like America and it’s basically a mono-culture.

On top of that Americans have a lot of other issues like higher rates of obesity and drug use. It’s cultural here and it’s a lot of people. Way more by percentage than other western countries.

An Australian living like an Australian will generally have better health outcomes in America than back home.