Remarkable to learn that rationing from 1940 to 1954 actually improved the diets of many poorer people. Infant mortality rates declined and the average age at which people died from natural causes increased.
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Als antwoord op @mrjamesob
No. of children fell, more resources available. Starvation in the 40s led to epigenetic modification of our DNA which is why so many middle aged and elderly are now obese. Stress of WW2 led to coronary disease and deaths decades later. Long term, starvation stresses damage you
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley @mrjamesob
You and your knowledge. You're spoiling all the happy thoughts of people that didn't experience them. Blitz, rationing, Dunkirk etc.
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Als antwoord op @atimeofcrisis @mrjamesob
They survived the Blitz and died of heart attacks in huge numbers decades later. Crisis doesn't toughen us up. It just injures us.
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