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[–] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

its funny that all the life expectancies shot up in the 1940s, as thats when penicillin went into mass production and was widely implemented

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago

    Not evenly. China was emerging from civil war and semi-feudalism in 1949, it had no way to get mass amounts of insulin nor produce them until later. Addressing economic problems improved access to necessities for the majority of society.

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