zahavasdad,
200-300 years ago people’s,lifespans were much shorter. Many children didnt even live to adulthood.
Please explain how childhood diseases which once killed over 1/2 of children have become basically a non-event today
1. Better sanitation, indoor plumbing, safer water and food supplies reduced cholera, dysentery, food poisoning, and other similar diseases.
2. Antibiotics, which saves children from diseases such as scarlet fever, pneumonia, etc.
3. Better nutrition.
4. Expert medical care to treat injuries.
5. Vaccines
I’m not intending to downplay vaccines here, because they are an important cog in the wheel of disease prevention, but they were not the number 1 factor in reducing death rates, and trying to make that argument is furthering misinformation.