[rochester_veteran]

Lister was a huge step forward in making surgery safer. But the invention of antibiotics was just a huge. Surgery was still a very risky proposition even after Lister.

Yes, the invention of antibiotics was huge! Before them, the average life expectancy in the US was 35 to 40. With them, it's close to 80.

Why Are You Not Dead Yet? Life expectancy doubled in the past 150 years. Here’s why.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***antibiotics was huge! Before them, the average life expectancy in the US was 35 to 40. With them, it’s close to 80. ****

And THAT is why the Social Security System is going broke. We were supposed to pay in all our lives, and die before needing it.