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Re:The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a ... by userbinator on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @07:01PM (#38788399)
or more blind folks in rural communities

That might not be the case, given what the others have already mentioned about lifestyle --- I imagine most rural people will be outside a lot more and looking farther than city people.

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Re:The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a ... by UncleOxidant on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @09:04PM (#38789145)
and yet whenever I leave the city to go out to a rural area it seems like the people there are in much worse shape than the city dwellers. The obesity rate seems markedly higher. I think you would be right 50 or 100 years ago but not now.
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