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Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates
- bediger4000 2y agoWow, shocking! What can we learn from this today? I mean none of my childhood friends died from infectious diseases. This kid who was always behind me in alphabetical order in 4th grade dropped his father's hunting rifle and died the last day of 4th grade. We've conquered infectious diseases, is the point. What can we learn from history?
- like_any_other 2y ago[flagged]
- bediger4000 2y agoI don't see how you derived this viewpoint from the article in question. Can you explain how you got to this?
- like_any_other 2y agoI derived it from the absence of the points this article raises in the Kamloops residential school "conversation". It's a classic example of doublethink - everyone knows how high child mortality was before antibiotics and vaccines.. except when they want to ignore that.
- bediger4000 2y agoKamloops does not appear in the article. You're writing nonsense in the context of the article.
- like_any_other 2y agoIs that how 'nonsense' is defined? Drawing connections the author did not intend?
- bediger4000 2y agoDrawing connections that are not evident in an article means you are using unsound logic. So yes.
- like_any_other 2y agoThe only way your statements make sense is if you believe each article is about its own self-contained universe, like how Spider-Man and Batman never meet because one is Marvel and the other is DC.
- Qem 2y ago> What can we learn from this today? The article doesn't talk about it, but one of the lessons is that breastfeeding is important. Did Victorian women breastfeed up to when children were about one year old? Or did they try to wean off their children ASAP and replace breast milk with pap and solid food?