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People die in developing countries because they don't have access to clean water. That a completely different problem than not being able to afford healthcare
by abnry 8y ago
People die in developing countries because they don't have access to clean water.
That a completely different problem than not being able to afford healthcare or own a home.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoHookworm in Alabama and the Panhandle: https://www.bcm.edu/news/school-of-tropical-medicine/hookworm-poverty-sanitation-alabama https://www.bcm.edu/news/school-of-tropical-medicine/hookwor... Enough said.
- ericd 8y agoIt’s really not. Go down to Dhaka’s main river. Gag due to the clouds of gas coming off the raw sewage, and watch as people wash themselves and their clothes in the same river that people are shitting in. It’s absolutely absurd to compare the US to anything like it.
- zeropnc 8y agoThere is an actual commenter here suggesting Flint is an example of "3rd world country". You'd think in the age of YouTube people would have more perspective on the rest of the world. Seriously, one stroll down the giant open air landfills (which double as housing for hundreds of people) of Dhaka should be enough to be eternally thankful for what one has.
- addicted 8y agoThe poster you mention absolutely does not say that. The poster says Flint’s clean water problems are the kind you would find in a 3rd world country. I think you are clearly misreading both the article and people’s comments to it. No one is suggesting the US is a 3rd world country. But in certain areas it’s statistics resemble 3rd world country outcomes more than it does developed country outcomes. The reason this is important is that the US is usually an outlier in developed countries in this area, which means solutions to these problems exist.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoGuess we have different expectations for a first-world country then. This kind of sewage-borne disease should have been eliminated in any developed country, a hookworm infestation is soil-transmitted, you acquire it by walking through sewage. The municipalities can't fix the sewage system, and the health authorities can't screen for intestinal worms and hand out medication worth pennies. It's shameful to see.
- ericd 8y agoI'm not saying that the US shouldn't do better, it absolutely should. But it's also important to try to keep a little perspective, and be thankful for how lucky we are.
- sschueller 8y agoDo people in Flint have clean water? The fact that the problem still hasn't been solved but instead brushed under the rug and even the president going there declaring it's all good now shows how corrupt the whole system is. Something like that you find in 3rd world nations.
- zeropnc 8y agoHave you ever been to a 3rd world nation? You have no conception of what it's like if you really think living in Flint is somehow an analogue. The sheer lack of perspective of Americans is baffling. You have no conception of just how difficult life can be and frankly, is, for the vast majority of people.
- yourbandsucks 8y agoThe issue is the trend lines. Play the tape forward on our continual lack of infrastructure investment, our slouch towards oligarchy, our fractious internal tribalism.. the root causes behind 3rd world problems are sneaking up on us.
- futureastronaut 8y agoWhat if I told you TA doesn't work for geopolitics.
- yourbandsucks 8y agoCare to make a more substantive analysis and educate me?