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Good point. World population increased 50% since 1990 and they are comparing raw numbers. So really it is a ~35% increase in the rate and a doubling in absolute
by martinpw 5y ago
Good point. World population increased 50% since 1990 and they are comparing raw numbers. So really it is a ~35% increase in the rate and a doubling in absolute numbers.
- bserge 5y agoGave me a scare there. World population has only increased by 3 billion since 1990. We good. /s
- ekianjo 5y ago> World population has only increased by 3 billion since 1990 And nobody is dying from Hunger anymore. What a miracle, if you think about it.
- bildung 5y agoMore like 5 million per year: https://oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2021-07/The%20Hunger%20Virus%202.0_media%20brief_EN.pdf https://oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-pub...
- missedthecue 5y agoWhich is fewer than 1990, despite the population growing.
- bserge 5y agoSo? Imo, 1 billion a decade is way too much. Experts say it will slow down, tbf. It won't be a problem if we actually start colonizing space. Some safety will have to go out the window, though.
- vbezhenar 5y agoMay be more people measure their blood pressure now? I never cared about it. This year when getting COVID vaccine doctor checked my pressure and it was higher than normal. If not for COVID, I wouldn’t even know about it. Might be an interesting correlation, if doctors check blood pressure before vaccination in other countries.
- ekianjo 5y ago> May be more people measure their blood pressure now? I never cared about it Definitely. Especially in non-western countries most people were never tested in the first place.
- xxpor 5y agoThat's why it's called the silent killer. You can have it for years and have no idea until something really bad happens (heart attack, stroke).