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Did you know that life expectancy of Cubans is higher than that of Americans?

• lawnchair_larry 6y ago
  It’s most likely not. Doctors in Cuba self-report aggregate statistics and are penalized if they underperform. That tells you all you need to know. https://www.econlib.org/about-that-cuban-life-expectancy/ https://www.econlib.org/about-that-cuban-life-expectancy/ Independent studies have shown giant anomalies in other metrics that suggest the favorable metrics are being fudged: https://mobile.twitter.com/wwwojtekk/status/1233017228792082434?lang=en https://mobile.twitter.com/wwwojtekk/status/1233017228792082... Also a lot of reports that women are pressured to get late term abortions if there are any potential issues observed with the fetus, as this will ensure it doesn’t count as a mortality and not hurt that clinic’s stats.
  • libtarred 6y ago
    Careful with that argument though, some of this is based on US propaganda.
    • lawnchair_larry 6y ago
      How so?