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    The Economist‏Verified account @TheEconomist Jun 20
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    According to the UN the chance of a 15-year-old boy dying by the age of 50 is now higher in America than in Bangladeshhttps://econ.st/2Y79Rak 

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      1. Blake #GTTO‏ @enzymeii Jun 20
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        Everyone voting Swamp For My Neighbour But Not Me surprised to wake up in a swamp.

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      2. Cristian Rocca  🌐‏ @free_shilling Jun 20
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        The trick for the Bangladeshi is getting to fifteen.

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      3. Kafka‏ @KStovring Jun 20
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        I get you want to shift focus, but US childhood mortality rates is nothing to be too proud of. Especially compared w Europe.

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      1. David Frank‏ @comgeek25 Jun 20
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        This must not be true because those deaths are in America and how could America, the City Upon a Hill, be anything less than perfect?

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      1. Olatunde O. Daniels‏ @danielsgcse Jun 20
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        Violence and what we consumes can't deny that

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      1. Turkeys & Trumps get cooked in November 🦃web rant‏ @web_rant Jun 20
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        "Prescription drugs are saving lives in Africa but ending them in America" is definitely thank the Sacklers kind of headline.

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      1. Jamie Maguire‏ @jamie_maguire1 Jun 21
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        Scottish life expectancy in the East of Glasgow was set at 54. In Iraq, it was set at 67....this statistic from the @mediaguardian some 13 years ago has always stuck in my mins! 14 years left to live!

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      2. BTWBFDIMHO‏ @hcocchi Jun 20
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        Sad we don't have George Harrison for a Concert for America.

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      3. CelticGeezer‏ @CelticGeezer Jun 20
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        Loved Leon Russels Jumpin Jack Flash medley. His gf gave a 12 yr old boy something to think about.

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      1. Gwendolyn Ledger‏ @wendyrlh Jun 20
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        Shit...this is messed up. But I kind of believe it.

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