• db2@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Life in the US is only easy for a small handful of people. Most of us consider it a good year if we got through it without crushing medical debt and retained all of our teeth. Is a third world country passing itself off as a first world country.

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      At least US families can expect all their children not to die by tuberculosis or malaria or something.

      And fuck Australian magpies.

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        4 months ago

        Assuming the mother/baby don’t die in the hospital waiting room bathroom because the hospital refused treatment.

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          Tuberculosis is still world’s deadliest infectious disease. Mostly because the healthcare in developing countries lack access to the necessary treatment for it.

          TB is a solved problem in developed countries such as US. Barely anyone gets it anymore, let alone die from it.