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How many millions of babies have died because of this? Humans truly are incredible that we were able to figure this out, and this guy is a hero for donating blo
by blindriver 2y ago
How many millions of babies have died because of this? Humans truly are incredible that we were able to figure this out, and this guy is a hero for donating blood as often as he did. He needs to be memorialized.
- throwup238 2y agoIt's hard to say because it depends on population genetics and demographic patterns which vary widely over time period and culture, but it's probably in the ballpark of a hundred million or more in the totality of human existence. I'm on my phone and can't access my notes so I'm going from memory but if we are to take the hemolytic fatality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa as the upper limit, it's on the order of 0.1% of all births. Given the general estimate of 100-120 billion humans who have ever lived, the numbers are staggering.
- blindriver 2y agoThank you, that is an incredible number of deaths and the fact that someone was able to study this and figure out a solution is just mind boggling.