Most often, "consumption" or "natural causes."
Does it mean we didn't have cancer in this country until the advent of modern day pollution?
HUH? Is there some sort of contest for saying silly things in this thread?
You already won that contest, my friend.
"What was listed as their cause of death?
Most often, "consumption" or "natural causes."
Does it mean we didn't have cancer in this country until the advent of modern day pollution?
HUH? Is there some sort of contest for saying silly things in this thread?"
Those are excerpts from a longer conversation, that when taken out of context don't make any sense.
To clarify, here's the post you quoted out of context that you qualified as a contest of who can say the silliest things in this thread:
original post: Another Left-bred bias was present – a lack of realistic appreciation that African data can be tainted by widespread official corruption, as well as endemic poverty, ignorance, and superstition."
I said: African data is not complete because most do not have health care and adequate testing. Imagine the numbers if poverty-stricken and the very rural were tested. Often in Africa, people die without knowing what caused the death. The numbers are not inflated, AIDS deaths are undercounted.
Every day, people (including many babies) waste away and die. Who counts the AIDS deaths in these bush communities with witch doctors counted as the medical professionals? You are right about superstitions. Sometimes when an African gets those purple legions, they are said to be "possessed" when they in fact have AIDS.
Imagine how many people died of cancer in this country when we were dirt poor and at the technological equalivalent that many Africans are today. What was listed as their cause of death? Does it mean we didn't have cancer in this country until the advent of modern day pollution?
---That was meant to be an illustration (for westerners with some knowledge of their history) of how a disease can be undercounted when medical technology is not present
and when peiople cannot afford to see a doctor, if any are present within their area.
Perhaps I should have said "modern medical care" instead of pollution.