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(68,312 posts)However, most babies used to die before their 5th birthdays. Vaccines changed that. My friends and relatives with breast cancer are grateful for new treatments that mean they can survive until their children are adults.
To me, it's never about trying to be superhuman or live forever. That's a fool's dream. Public health and medical research has made the lives of ordinary people better, though, and I think that's a good thing.
My mother died a slow agonizing death from dementia. I would give a lot for her to have had effective treatments. She wouldn't have asked to live a longer life, just a better life for those last five years. She literally asked me to kill her. It was that bad.
Now we're going backwards. Children are dying of measles and diphtheria.. Prisoners are dying of TB. It breaks my heart. There's a better way.
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