They should have read some history.
When people got sick in the times before modern medicine... they all died.
A cut was cause for concern.
You’re correct. Mortuary studies in anthropology cover thousands of years. In the good ole’ days before vaccinations childhood death was common. Up until the early 20th century even wealthy families commonly endured the death if a child. The mortality rates in all societies showed a spike at 2 years old. If a child made it past that they were generally good until the late teenage years early twenties. It’s sad reading this thread the stupid stuff people believe about vaccinations and modern medicine.
I used to live on a farm settled by a pre-revolutionary war family. The family cemetary was still there. It was filled with children’s graves.
Every day I passed it I was glad I didn’t live back then.