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It seems we've doubled our life expectancy in the last 50 years. Medicine isn't working you say?

Mostly gains in infant mortality, plus antibiotics. We're coasting on the mid-20C golden age of medicine. Modern medicine is great - postmodern medicine sucks.

Replace "50" with 20 or even 30 and ask the same question.




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