[Osage Orange]

but I’ll say it again: the biggest factor in our current lifespan is control of infectious disease, through sanitation measures and vaccination.

Are you saying...when you say "our", you mean American's?

[exDemMom]

Are you saying...when you say "our", you mean American's?

Well, yes, I mean Americans and citizens of other first-world countries, where people can afford decent sanitation and basic health measures. I think most people have no idea just how miserable and disease-ridden much of the third world is.