The value of vaccines is grossly exaggerated. If there were no vaccines I would guess overall public health would not be any worse than now. A few more may die of diseases but it isn't significant. There would still be 8 billion humans. The same for prescription drugs. I would guess most of the spending on drugs is not improving the aver…
The value of vaccines is grossly exaggerated. If there were no vaccines I would guess overall public health would not be any worse than now. A few more may die of diseases but it isn't significant. There would still be 8 billion humans. The same for prescription drugs. I would guess most of the spending on drugs is not improving the average lifespan at all. The key to better health is better nutrition and exercise and it always was. Better health means less need for medical intervention. What I see among younger relatives frightens me. Many look older than me now and can barely walk to the car.
The problem is most people are too lazy to do the work to eat healthy, exercise and do the other things that lead to healthy living. Look at Type 2 diabetes, it is much much better for someone diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic to change their diet and increase their exercise and if they do they can often reverse their diabetes. However most people simply won’t do that and there is no doubt that insulin helps people who have type 2 diabetes and eat garbage live longer than they would without the insulin.
The value of vaccines is grossly exaggerated. If there were no vaccines I would guess overall public health would not be any worse than now. A few more may die of diseases but it isn't significant. There would still be 8 billion humans. The same for prescription drugs. I would guess most of the spending on drugs is not improving the average lifespan at all. The key to better health is better nutrition and exercise and it always was. Better health means less need for medical intervention. What I see among younger relatives frightens me. Many look older than me now and can barely walk to the car.
The problem is most people are too lazy to do the work to eat healthy, exercise and do the other things that lead to healthy living. Look at Type 2 diabetes, it is much much better for someone diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic to change their diet and increase their exercise and if they do they can often reverse their diabetes. However most people simply won’t do that and there is no doubt that insulin helps people who have type 2 diabetes and eat garbage live longer than they would without the insulin.