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    1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 20 May 2018
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      Incredible chart. Take mortality statistics & subtract infectious disease. You see: (a) in the twentieth century we largely defeated infectious disease in the US (arguably the biggest achievement of 20C); and (b) little else we did in medicine affected mortality. via @patrickcpic.twitter.com/k2DAtPoEz8

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    2. zooko‏ @zooko 20 May 2018
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      Consistent with several other pieces of data (including two randomized interventions!) that all generally point toward modern medicine being about break-even on help vs harm.

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    3. zooko‏ @zooko 20 May 2018
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      Replying to @zooko @michael_nielsen @patrickc

      When I start telling people my opinions about things like this they back away and unfollow me. :-}

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 20 May 2018
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      Replying to @zooko @patrickc

      Are you referring to the RAND healthcare study? Note, by the way, the comments about changing demographics other commenters have made, which likely invalidate my point (b).

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        2. zooko‏ @zooko 20 May 2018
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          I don't think changes in the birth rate could cause that graph to look anything like the graph that people _want_ to exist, in which modern medicine is dramatically better than 100-years-ago medicine.

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        3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 21 May 2018
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          Modern medicine _is_ a lot better, if in no other way than essentially wiping out infectious diseases (which is enormous). Infant mortality statistics is another huge win. Both are only partially medical, also due to, e.g., better plumbing etc.

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