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0 pointsprakashrj9y ago0 comments

My comment was satirical. I think women should have choice. I believe that improvement in child mortality was because of contraception and not advances made in health.

Showing a graph with improvements in child mortality rate and alluding us to believe in the following is wrong.

1. It happened because of living conditions. 2. Healthier diet — made possible through higher productivity in the agricultural sector and overseas trade. 3. age-old war against infectious disease 4. discovery of the germ theory of disease 5. development of antibiotics and vaccines

While I believe that contraception has improved child mortality rate. We should compare child mortality rate of first 2 children over the past 200 years. Child mortality will obviously be high when women have no choice.

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epistasis9y ago· 1 in thread

I have no idea what you're trying to say. Even without introducing the twist that your previous comment was "satirical," and therefore that some or all of this comment may be satirical, it's unclear what point you're trying to communicate.

If you are saying "child mortality is going down only because women are having fewer children and not because of improvements in healthcare," then that statement is obviously wrong and would appear to be satire in itself. If its satire, I'm not sure what the point is. If it's not satire, then I'm not sure how you're going to convince people without at least a fig leaf of a citation.

prakashrjOP9y ago

You understood what I am saying and have also summarized it.

"child mortality is going down only because women are having fewer children and not because of improvements in healthcare"

There might be improvements in healthcare, antibiotics and vaccinations. But I believe that contraception is a major factor in improving child mortality rate. Obviously I cannot cite anything, as it's my belief.

So I started looking for examples to see if I am correct. Looks like my belief is wrong.

Despite a higher prevalence of several risk factors for perinatal and infant death among the Amish, neonatal and infant death rates for Geauga Settlement Amish have been very similar to the corresponding rates for white children in rural Ohio and the state as a whole.

--Perinatal, Infant, and Child Death Rates among the Old Order Amish

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