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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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146 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[15 Oct 24 22:04 UTC] No.41853580[source]▶
> Can we overcome ageing?

75% American are overweight..

Just let it sink a second, they speak about how many baby born after 2000 will reach 100 years old, how we are reaching the absolute limit of human survival.

75% overweight... Everyone know fat people don't live long. I bet all the studies done in the 90's that predicted we would easily be able to reach 100 years old didn't take that into account.

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scarby2 ◴[15 Oct 24 22:18 UTC] No.41853689[source]▶
I'm thinking that ozempic and zepbound will have something to say about this. When ozempic becomes available as a generic (2032) it's going to be available for $10 a dose and a huge amount of people will be taking it.
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MichaelZuo ◴[15 Oct 24 22:35 UTC] No.41853842[source]▶
How do you know they don’t have side effects that would reduce max life expectancy?
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renewiltord ◴[16 Oct 24 01:44 UTC] No.41854840[source]▶
We don’t know if MMR doesn’t but we still give kids[0] the vaccine in infancy. The vaccine is too young (<60 y old). So I suppose ask yourself what proof you need and why.

0: most kids, I just got the disease instead and the vax later

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1. izend ◴[16 Oct 24 04:01 UTC] No.41855479[source]▶
We do know MMRV causes more seizures in kids than MMR and countries (like Canada) still choose to administer the vaccine with riskier outcomes due to costs and the fact parents don’t like to come back for more shots.